WEBVTT Kind: captions; Language: en 00:00:02.001 --> 00:00:06.000 Hello fellow podcast downloaders, thank you for choosing 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:07.001 This Week in Amateur Radio. 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.001 We are now celebrating our 23rd year of service to the worldwide amateur radio 00:00:12.001 --> 00:00:16.001 community, and we are your all amateur radio and technology news 00:00:16.001 --> 00:00:18.001 magazine and bulletin service of the air. 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:21.000 We hope you're airing us on your local repeater. 00:00:21.001 --> 00:00:27.000 This is edition number 1223 with a release and air date of Saturday, 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:29.000 August 6, 2022. 00:00:29.001 --> 00:00:33.000 Please take the program to your air following the Q-Tone. 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:40.001 Greetings! 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:46.000 You have found North America's premier amateur radio news magazine of the air 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:48.001 this week in Amateur Radio. 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.001 You are going to hear all the latest news happening in Amateur Radio and the wide 00:00:53.001 --> 00:00:55.000 world of communications in general. 00:00:55.000 --> 00:01:00.000 We are sure that you will find something to interest you in this week's newscast, 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:01.001 so let's get started. 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:06.001 Here are the stories for release around the earth as we come to air with edition 00:01:06.001 --> 00:01:12.000 number 1223 of this week in Amateur Radio. 00:01:12.001 --> 00:01:17.001 The radio amateurs of Canada announces two new bands for amateurs in that 00:01:17.001 --> 00:01:19.000 country, we'll tell you about it. 00:01:19.001 --> 00:01:23.000 The 8 of LRL has a new station on the air through the facilities 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:24.001 of its brand new Radiolab. 00:01:24.001 --> 00:01:26.001 We will have all the details. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:32.001 The chairperson of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, applauds the introduction of new 00:01:32.001 --> 00:01:34.000 net neutrality legislation. 00:01:34.001 --> 00:01:38.001 The ARDC, Amateur Radio Digital Communications Group, hands 00:01:38.001 --> 00:01:40.000 out a few more grants this week. 00:01:40.001 --> 00:01:43.001 We will tell you who was on the receiving end and what they are planning. 00:01:44.001 --> 00:01:48.001 High Z Antenna Corporation has announced that their antennas will now be 00:01:48.001 --> 00:01:51.001 manufactured and distributed by DX Engineering. 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:57.000 An electronics manufacturer in New York State has been issued a $700 00:01:57.000 --> 00:01:58.001 ,000 fine by the FCC. 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:00.001 We will tell you why. 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:04.001 We will have a special report on the importance of shortwave 00:02:04.001 --> 00:02:06.000 broadcasting during emergencies. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.001 QST is now offering a column in the magazine for radio clubs. 00:02:11.001 --> 00:02:17.000 And scientists report that June 29, 2022 was not 24 hours in length. 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:21.001 In fact, quite a few days have been coming up a few milliseconds short lately. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:22.001 Why? 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.000 It appears the Earth is spinning faster. 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:29.001 We will have all the details on this and a lot of other stories coming up 00:02:29.001 --> 00:02:31.000 in this week's report. 00:02:32.001 --> 00:02:35.000 These headline stories will come to you in a moment along with 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:36.001 this week's special features. 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:42.001 Our technology reporter, Leo LaPorte, W6TWT returns after catching COVID on his 00:02:42.001 --> 00:02:47.000 vacation and we'll spend his segment this week talking about the past 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:48.001 and future of technology. 00:02:49.001 --> 00:02:53.001 We'll visit with Bruce Page, KK5DO, and get an update from AMSAT on what's new 00:02:53.001 --> 00:02:55.001 with all of those amateur satellites in orbit. 00:02:56.001 --> 00:03:00.001 Australia's own Anil Ben-Shoff, VK6FLAB, wants to know what's 00:03:00.001 --> 00:03:02.000 with the repeater offset again? 00:03:02.001 --> 00:03:07.000 Our own amateur radio historian, Bill Cantinelli, W2XOI returns with another 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:11.000 edition of his summer series, Amateur Radio History Headlines. 00:03:11.001 --> 00:03:16.001 This week, Bill takes us on a tour of the headlines above the fold during the 00:03:16.001 --> 00:03:19.001 years 1958 through 1962. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:25.000 Our tower climbing and antenna master, Greg Stoddard, KF9MP, puts aside his tools 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:30.000 and climbing belt for part three of his series on composing a successful public 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:35.000 service announcement to promote your upcoming Hamfest or special club event and 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.001 getting it on the air on local broadcast outlets. 00:03:37.001 --> 00:03:41.001 We will have the latest news from Parks on the Air and Summits on the Air with 00:03:41.001 --> 00:03:48.001 Vance Martin, N3VEM, and we will have a talk given by Gordon West, yes Gordo, 00:03:48.001 --> 00:03:52.000 WB6NOA, on working tropospheric ducting. 00:03:52.001 --> 00:03:56.001 All that and a lot more is straight ahead as North America's premier amateur 00:03:56.001 --> 00:04:00.001 radio and technology news magazine and bulletin service this week 00:04:00.001 --> 00:04:02.000 in Amateur Radio. 00:04:02.001 --> 00:04:04.001 Takes it to the air right now. 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:09.000 Reporting from our headquarters studio here in the suburbs surrounding Albany, 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:11.001 New York, I'm George W2XBS. 00:04:12.001 --> 00:04:15.001 And reporting from the newsroom in Half Moon, New York, I'm Terry 00:04:15.001 --> 00:04:17.000 Saunders, N1KIN. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:22.001 And reporting this week from Courtlandville, New York in the heart of the Seven 00:04:22.001 --> 00:04:27.000 Valleys, I'm Chris Perrine, KB2FAF. 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:32.000 And reporting from our News Bureau in Rochester, New York, along the southern 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:37.000 shore of Lake Ontario, I'm Dave Wilson, WA2HOY. 00:04:37.001 --> 00:04:43.000 And reporting from our News Bureau just outside Albany, New York in the Geek Cave 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:46.001 studios, I'm Rich Lawrence, KB2MOB. 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:51.001 And reporting from our secret radio enclave high atop the Catskill Mountains, 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.000 where it's one thunderstorm after another after another, and my headphones are 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.000 crackling with static 24-7. 00:04:58.001 --> 00:05:00.001 I'm Don Hewlett, K2ATJ. 00:05:01.001 --> 00:05:06.001 And reporting from a muggy Troy, New York News Bureau, I'm Eric, KB2RJX. 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:10.001 And reporting from our News Bureau in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where the 00:05:10.001 --> 00:05:17.000 thermometer is still threatening to pop its top, I'm Will Rogers, K5WLR. Glad 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:18.001 to be indoors in the AC. 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:25.000 And now with this week's lead story, here is Terry Saunders, N1KIN. 00:05:25.001 --> 00:05:30.001 Leading off the news this week, Radio Amateurs of Canada reports on July 28, 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:35.001 2022, Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada released an update to a 00:05:35.001 --> 00:05:40.001 very important document for Canadian radio amateurs called RBR4, Standards for 00:05:40.001 --> 00:05:44.001 the Operation of Radio Stations in the Amateur Radio Service. For more on the new 00:05:44.001 --> 00:05:49.001 allocations released for Canadian amateurs, we go to Steve Richards, G4HPE, who 00:05:49.001 --> 00:05:54.000 files this report through the Southgate News Service in the UK. The document, 00:05:54.001 --> 00:05:59.000 called RBR4, Standards for the Operation of Radio Stations in the Amateur Radio 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.000 Service, is an important one for Canadian hams. 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:07.000 The full document specifies what frequencies radio amateurs may operate on, and 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:09.001 what power levels and bandwidths they may use. 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:14.000 Crucially, in this release, there are two major new additions to the spectrum. 00:06:14.001 --> 00:06:20.001 Firstly, 472 to 479 kHz, also known as 630 metres, 00:06:20.001 --> 00:06:22.000 very low frequency in other words. 00:06:22.001 --> 00:06:28.000 On this band, Canadian amateurs are allowed to run a maximum of 5 watts EIRP, 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.001 using emissions with a maximum bandwidth of 1 kHz. 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:39.000 Secondly, there's a new chunk on the 60-metre band, 5351.5 to 5366 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:40.001 .5 kHz. 00:06:40.001 --> 00:06:46.001 This is in line with the new WARC worldwide allocation, but contains enhancements 00:06:46.001 --> 00:06:51.001 specific to Canada. Canadian amateurs are allowed to run a maximum of 100 watts 00:06:51.001 --> 00:06:57.000 EIRP in this segment, using emissions with a maximum bandwidth of 2.8 kHz. 00:06:57.001 --> 00:07:01.001 This new 60-metre band chunk is in addition to radio amateurs' existing fixed 00:07:01.001 --> 00:07:07.001 frequency allocations at 5332, 5348, 5373 and 00:07:07.001 --> 00:07:14.000 5405 kHz. The new 15 kHz wide allocation overlaps on the existing authority 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:21.000 to use 5358.5 kHz. But Canadian amateurs are unique in having authority to use 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:25.001 100 watts EIRP on the four spot frequencies and on the new 15 00:07:25.001 --> 00:07:27.000 kHz worldwide segment. 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:32.001 Amateurs in most countries are limited to 25 watts or less and may operate only 00:07:32.001 --> 00:07:38.000 in the new 15 kHz wide segment. Note that in Canada, amateur radio is a secondary 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.000 radio service on these bands. 00:07:40.001 --> 00:07:44.000 Amateurs may not cause harmful interference to the primary users and may not 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:49.001 claim protection from interference by primary users. Dave Goodwin, Victor Echo 3 00:07:49.001 --> 00:07:54.000 Kilo Golf, is the Regulatory Affairs Officer for Radio Amateurs of Canada and 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:58.000 tells us that you can find the full updated document and other supporting 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:03.001 material by visiting www.rac.ca. 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:08.000 There are other small changes listed in RBR4 that bring Canadian amateur radio 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:12.000 regulations in line with changes agreed at several previous world radio 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:15.001 conferences of the International Telecommunications Union. Radio amateurs of 00:08:15.001 --> 00:08:20.001 Canada would like to thank former regulatory officer Richard Furch, VE3KI, for 00:08:20.001 --> 00:08:23.001 his dedicated work over several years to bring these changes forward. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:30.000 ARRL has unveiled its new radio laboratory W1HQ in a video released on August 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.000 4, 2022. 00:08:32.001 --> 00:08:39.001 In the video, Jerica Goodgame, KI5HTA, a summer intern at ARRL 00:08:39.001 --> 00:08:44.000 Headquarters, tours viewers through the station. With more on the new station on 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:49.001 the air at League Headquarters and its laboratory functions, we go to John Ross, 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.001 KD8IDJ, who files this report. 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:59.001 The ARRL Radiolab is an innovative test space designed to reshape the way we 00:08:59.001 --> 00:09:03.001 imagine and build a ham radio shack, said Goodgame. The station is intended to 00:09:03.001 --> 00:09:07.001 inspire members to build, organize and equip their own stations in innovative 00:09:07.001 --> 00:09:12.001 ways, from a decluttered workspace to a digital user interface to being able to 00:09:12.001 --> 00:09:17.001 remote into the equipment from anywhere, W1HQ is a step towards the future of 00:09:17.001 --> 00:09:21.001 amateur radio stations. The station includes a new tower and antennas atop the 00:09:21.001 --> 00:09:25.000 main administrative building at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut. 00:09:25.001 --> 00:09:30.000 Inside the station, three operating positions provide an interface to rack 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:34.000 -mounted and computer-controlled transceivers, amplifiers, antenna switches and 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:39.001 rotators. The Radiolab will also support equipment testing and QST product 00:09:39.001 --> 00:09:43.001 review. An extension of product reviews in the future will be able to take that 00:09:43.001 --> 00:09:47.001 piece of gear that we've been testing, put it on this test bench and see how it 00:09:47.001 --> 00:09:51.000 integrates with a station that's already under full automation and control 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:55.001 Goodgame set. You can view the recently published video mentioned in this story 00:09:55.001 --> 00:10:01.001 on the ARRL's YouTube channel. You are listening to North America's premier news 00:10:01.001 --> 00:10:06.000 and information service for the amateur radio hobbyist. We are, this 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.001 week, in amateur radio. 00:10:28.001 --> 00:10:35.000 The ARRL invites you to be part of Club Station, the newest column in QST. This 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:39.001 column is a space for radio clubs to share the different ways in which they're 00:10:39.001 --> 00:10:42.001 successful to help other clubs grow. 00:10:42.001 --> 00:10:47.000 They do this by offering advice and practical solutions to common 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:48.001 experiences and problems. 00:10:49.001 --> 00:10:54.000 In each issue, a different club will share how they undertook a specific activity 00:10:54.000 --> 00:11:00.000 or project, how and why it was successful and any challenges they may have had to 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:06.000 overcome throughout the process. Some examples include, but are not limited to, 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:11.000 successful community club projects, innovative ways to attract new members, 00:11:11.001 --> 00:11:17.001 getting youth involved with ham radio, and developing active hams. Clubs are the 00:11:17.001 --> 00:11:22.000 backbone of the amateur radio community, said AWRL field services manager Mike 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:28.001 Walters, W8ZY. If your club is doing something that will inspire other clubs, 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:34.001 we want to hear from you. In order to help you tell your story, ARRL has 00:11:34.001 --> 00:11:40.000 published author guidelines that are geared toward club station, and they include 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:46.000 a club profile form, said QST editor Lena Figluski, KC1RMP. 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:53.001 Both of these documents can be found at www. arrl.org slash 00:11:53.001 --> 00:12:00.000 QST dash club dash station dash guidelines dash and dash 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:02.000 profile dash form. 00:12:02.001 --> 00:12:07.001 You don't have to have any writing experience to be published in QST. If your 00:12:07.001 --> 00:12:12.000 submission is accepted, our editorial staff will work with you to get your story 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:17.000 ready for publication. All clubs are welcome to participate. The first iteration 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:22.001 of club station appeared in the August 2022 issue of QST, and includes more 00:12:22.001 --> 00:12:26.001 information about what members can expect to see from the column. 00:12:27.001 --> 00:12:33.001 If you have any questions, contact us at club at ARRL.org. We look forward to 00:12:33.001 --> 00:12:38.001 hearing from you, and about your radio club. Federal Communications Commission 00:12:38.001 --> 00:12:43.001 Chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, has welcomed the introduction of the Net 00:12:43.001 --> 00:12:48.000 Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act in the Senate and House of Representatives. 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:54.000 In a statement that also asserts that the regulatory agency has the authority it 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:56.001 needs to adopt net neutrality rules. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:01.001 Given the difficulties Democrats have had in breaking the 2-2 deadlock in the 00:13:01.001 --> 00:13:07.000 FCC, and the stalled nomination of Gigi Sohn, the new legislation would 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:09.000 implement net neutrality rules. 00:13:09.001 --> 00:13:15.000 The pandemic made it clear that internet access is no longer a luxury, but a 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:20.001 necessity, and that consumers don't just need broadband, they need to be able to 00:13:20.001 --> 00:13:26.000 hold their providers to account, Rosenworcel said in a statement. After all, 00:13:26.001 --> 00:13:30.000 everyone should be able to go where they want, and do what they want online, 00:13:30.001 --> 00:13:34.000 without their broadband provider making choices for them. 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:39.000 I support net neutrality because it fosters this openness and accountability. 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:44.001 While I trust the FCC has the authority it needs to adopt net neutrality rules, 00:13:45.001 --> 00:13:50.000 legislation that helps ensure it is the law of the land is welcome. FCC 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:54.001 Commissioner Jeffrey Starks also issued a statement supporting the introduction 00:13:54.001 --> 00:14:00.001 of net neutrality legislation in the US Congress. I have previously stated that 00:14:00.001 --> 00:14:06.001 the FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules were the right approach, Sparks wrote in a 00:14:06.001 --> 00:14:11.001 statement. That approach is undergirded by a voluminous record and overwhelming 00:14:11.001 --> 00:14:14.001 public support, and it has been tested in court. 00:14:15.001 --> 00:14:21.001 The Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act would codify just that. COVID and 00:14:21.001 --> 00:14:26.001 the last few years have proven that broadband is essential for the 21st century. 00:14:27.001 --> 00:14:32.000 This legislation is an important step that will provide certainty to consumers 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:37.001 and broadband providers, and allow everyone to move forward. It has my strong 00:14:37.001 --> 00:14:43.001 support. Amateur Radio Digital Communications has awarded a grant to the Sagamon 00:14:43.001 --> 00:14:48.000 Valley Radio Club in Springfield, Illinois for a new project to introduce youth, 00:14:48.001 --> 00:14:53.000 outdoor enthusiasts, and members of the public to Amateur Radio. John Ross, 00:14:53.001 --> 00:14:59.001 KD8IDJ, has more. The grant is for radio orienteering activities, also known as 00:14:59.001 --> 00:15:03.001 amateur radio direction finding. The club will purchase transmitters, 00:15:03.001 --> 00:15:07.001 controllers, receivers, maps, and other items needed to conduct successful radio 00:15:07.001 --> 00:15:11.001 orienteering events. In addition, there will be several events for members and 00:15:11.001 --> 00:15:16.000 local youth groups such as Boy Scouts of America and the Civil Air Patrol. These 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:19.001 events will allow participants to learn the technical and outdoor skills needed 00:15:19.001 --> 00:15:21.001 to succeed in radio orienteering. 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:26.000 Radio orienteering is an international sport. Participants choose handheld 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:30.001 directional radio receivers, compasses, maps, and radio direction finding skills 00:15:30.001 --> 00:15:35.001 to search for transmitters operating in the 2 and 80 meter bands. They use their 00:15:35.001 --> 00:15:39.000 athletic orienteering and technical skills attempting to locate low power 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:45.000 transmitters and get to the finish line first. The ARRL ARDF Committee explains 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:50.000 that in this sport there are no vehicles, traffic jams, or exhaust fumes. Radio 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:54.001 orienteering, aka amateur radio direction finding, brings radios into the great 00:15:54.001 --> 00:15:59.000 outdoors with maps and compasses providing a uniquely enjoyable way to learn new 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:03.001 radio skills. It involves constructing direction finding equipment, training 00:16:03.001 --> 00:16:08.000 amateurs in the roles of the sport, and organizing events in the USA and other 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:12.001 countries. The 20th IARU World Championships in Amateur Radio Direction Finding 00:16:12.001 --> 00:16:18.000 will be held in Borgovets, Bulgaria on August 28th through September 3rd of 2022. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:23.001 And then the 22nd USA Radio Orienteering Championships will be held April 19th 00:16:23.001 --> 00:16:29.001 through the 23rd in 2023 near Dallas, Texas. The Sagamon Valley Radio Club plans 00:16:29.001 --> 00:16:34.000 to share their experiences and equipment requirements to help other amateur radio 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:38.000 clubs who may be considering similar events and programs. While the sport is very 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:41.001 popular in Europe as well as parts of Asia, growth in the United States and 00:16:41.001 --> 00:16:45.000 Canada has been slow. There are two main reasons for this. 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:49.000 The lack of youth involvement and the availability of affordable equipment. 00:16:49.001 --> 00:16:53.000 More information about the Sagamon Valley Radio Club can be found at their 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.000 website svrc.org. 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:01.000 IZ Antennas' full line of HF Directive Receiving Array products will now be 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:07.000 designed and manufactured by DX Engineering. IZ's CEO, founder, and chief 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:14.000 engineer Elise Strahan, K7TJR, said, The time has come for me to pass along 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:17.000 IZ's Antennas technology to DX Engineering. 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:21.001 It's my wish they will usher in a new pinnacle of performance as they carry 00:17:21.001 --> 00:17:26.001 forward IZ's latest designs and ideas. It's great to know that IZ will be in such 00:17:26.001 --> 00:17:32.000 capable hands. Strahan became interested in low band operating more than 20 years 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:38.000 ago after reaching Japan on 160 meters while contesting. He began building array 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:41.001 systems for personal use, but after publishing one of his designs on the 00:17:41.001 --> 00:17:47.000 internet, he drew the attention to like-minded items. Since then, IZ's singular 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:51.000 focus has been producing and refining receiving systems that deliver to reduced 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:57.000 noise, superb weak signal HF reception, and reliable performance, especially for 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:03.001 160 and 80 meters, and AMDXing. DX Engineering has been the exclusive dealer of 00:18:03.001 --> 00:18:09.001 the IZ equipment since 2013. A Brooklyn, New York, marketer of wireless 00:18:09.001 --> 00:18:13.001 microphones has been fined nearly $700,000 by the U.S. Federal Communications 00:18:13.001 --> 00:18:17.001 Commission for what the agency said is a decade-long practice of selling these 00:18:17.001 --> 00:18:22.001 devices, which are not RF compliant. The FCC said that 32 microphones sold by 00:18:22.001 --> 00:18:27.000 SoundAround failed to comply with FCC requirements governing emissions power and 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.001 use of the spectrum and rules that protect against harmful interference to other 00:18:30.001 --> 00:18:34.001 spectrum users. The Commission has rejected the business's assertion that the 00:18:34.001 --> 00:18:38.001 dollar amount of the proposed fine was too high, that a decade of warnings and 00:18:38.001 --> 00:18:42.000 notices sent by the FCC was insufficient, and that photos of the company's 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.001 marketing websites did not provide proof that 00:18:44.001 --> 00:18:46.000 the item was available for purchase. 00:18:46.001 --> 00:18:50.000 According to a press release from the FCC, the U.S. Department of Justice will be 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:55.000 given the case to handle if SoundAround fails to pay the fine. The A.R.R.L. New 00:18:55.000 --> 00:19:02.000 England division recently helped the Massachusetts Task Force One, MATF One, the 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:07.000 Federal Emergency Management Agency Urban Search and Rescue Team test message 00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:10.000 distribution in the event of a total communications failure. 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:15.001 Using the National Traffic System, nearly 250 radiograms 00:19:15.001 --> 00:19:17.000 were routed through the system. 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:25.000 Charles Rocheleau, W-1CPR, a FEMA communications specialist for the MATF One, 00:19:25.001 --> 00:19:30.001 said the alerts were the real thing. The alerts I sent out were real-world alerts 00:19:30.001 --> 00:19:37.001 as the task force, MATF One, FEMA, U.S. and R, was on standby for deployment to 00:19:37.001 --> 00:19:44.001 Kentucky, he said. Steve Hansen, KB1TCE, runs a digital hub in Owl's Head, 00:19:44.001 --> 00:19:49.000 Maine, and was my go-to person for injecting these messages quickly into the 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:56.000 National Traffic System. Marsha Ford, KW1U, an active traffic handler in the 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:02.000 NTS since 1981, said she received an alert that 40 messages were being sent 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.001 from W1CPR. 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:10.000 I alerted key main traffic handlers to be ready, and these folks did a fantastic 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:15.001 job of getting them out, she stated. All 40 messages were handled in one day. 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:22.001 Phil Temples, K9HI, Vice Director of the AWRL New England Division, said the 00:20:22.001 --> 00:20:28.000 National Traffic System and all amateur radio operators involved did a great job 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:33.001 passing the messages. You're listening to This Week in Amateur Radio, available 00:20:33.001 --> 00:20:37.000 worldwide as a podcast from our web at www 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:40.001 .twir.net. 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:05.000 BBC News reports that Russia says it will withdraw from the International Space 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:10.000 Station after 2024 and build its own station instead. News of a possible broken 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:13.001 partnership had observers questioning how the operation of the ISS would 00:21:13.001 --> 00:21:15.000 continue without Russia's participation. 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:19.000 The US and Russia, along with other partners, have successfully worked together 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:24.001 on the ISS since 1998, but relations have soured since Russia invaded Ukraine and 00:21:24.001 --> 00:21:27.001 Russia previously threatened to quit the project because of Western sanctions 00:21:27.001 --> 00:21:32.000 against it. NASA said it has not yet received any official notice of Russia's 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:36.001 intention to withdraw from the program. The ISS, a joint project involving five 00:21:36.001 --> 00:21:41.000 space agencies, has been in orbit around Earth since 1998 and has been used to 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:45.001 conduct thousands of scientific experiments. It has approved operate until 2024, 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:49.000 but the US wants to extend that for six more years with the agreement of all 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:53.001 partners. At a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Borisov said 00:21:53.001 --> 00:21:57.001 Russ Kosmos would fulfill its obligation to its partners, but the decision had 00:21:57.001 --> 00:22:01.001 been taken to quit the project after 2024. I think that by this time we will 00:22:01.001 --> 00:22:05.000 start putting together a Russian orbital station, Mr. Borisov said, adding that 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:10.000 the new station was his agency's top priority. Good, replied Mr. Putin. It is not 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:14.000 immediately clear what the decision means for the future of the ISS, and the US 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:18.000 space agency NASA says it has not received any formal notice from Russia of its 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:23.000 plans. Former ISS commander and retired US astronaut Dr. Leroy Chow believes it 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:25.001 is unlikely Russia will decide to leave the project. 00:22:25.001 --> 00:22:29.000 I think this is posturing by the Russians. They don't have the money to build 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:32.000 their own station, and it would take several years to do it. They've got nothing 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:36.000 else if they go this route, he told the BBC. The Russians have been making noises 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:40.000 about withdrawal for some time, but it's not clear how serious they are. They've 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:43.001 talked about building their own outpost, the Russian Orbital Service Station, but 00:22:43.001 --> 00:22:47.000 it would require a financial commitment the Russian government has not shown to 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:51.001 the country's existing space exploits. Certainly, Russian elements on the ISS are 00:22:51.001 --> 00:22:55.000 aging, but the view of engineers is that the modules can do a job through to 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:59.000 2030. If Russia does leave, there's no question it would be problematic. The 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:02.001 station's designed in a way that makes the partners dependent on each other. The 00:23:02.001 --> 00:23:06.001 US side of the ISS provides the power. The Russian side provides the propulsion 00:23:06.001 --> 00:23:10.001 and keeps the platform from falling to Earth. If that propulsive capability is 00:23:10.001 --> 00:23:14.001 withdrawn, the US and its other partners, Europe, Japan, and Canada, will need to 00:23:14.001 --> 00:23:18.001 devise other means of periodically boosting the station higher in the sky. It's 00:23:18.001 --> 00:23:22.001 something American robotic freighters could do. The last week of July found 00:23:22.001 --> 00:23:26.001 amateur radio operators on alert in eastern Kentucky as a trail of thunderstorms 00:23:26.001 --> 00:23:31.001 brought flooding that left at least 37 people dead. As the floodwaters began to 00:23:31.001 --> 00:23:36.001 recede following devastating rainfall in Kentucky that began on July 26, the 00:23:36.001 --> 00:23:41.000 American Red Cross reported that over 400 of their disaster workers were on the 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:46.000 ground as well as dozens more in other locations. In addition to causing loss of 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:50.000 life, the flood wreaked havoc on the electric service, water lines, and roads. As 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:54.001 floodwaters recede, residents in many areas of eastern Kentucky continue to 00:23:54.001 --> 00:23:57.001 remain stranded due to the destruction of scores of 00:23:57.001 --> 00:23:59.000 small bridges linking roadways. 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:04.000 They provided shelter, meals, and other forms of support. Red Cross teams also 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.001 worked alongside their state and municipal partners, among others, including 00:24:07.001 --> 00:24:12.001 Kentucky Amateur Radio Emergency Service volunteers. A RRL Director of Emergency 00:24:12.001 --> 00:24:18.001 Management, Josh Johnson, KE5MHV, was in touch with American Red Cross personnel 00:24:18.001 --> 00:24:22.001 in the affected area. He said, ham radio volunteers were supporting Red Cross 00:24:22.001 --> 00:24:27.000 damage assessment teams with radio communications. The rural and mountainous 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:31.000 terrain of the affected area adds to the already difficult situation, said 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:35.001 Johnson. Much of the local response effort is being coordinated by Steve Morgan, 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:41.000 W4, and HO of Owensboro, Kentucky. The response of radio amateurs throughout the 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:46.000 region is under and in cooperation with an existing memorandum of understanding 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:50.000 with the Kentucky chapter of the American Red Cross. The Aries groups from Ohio 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:54.001 and Virginia have also been in touch with hams in the affected areas and have 00:24:54.001 --> 00:25:01.001 been on standby ready to respond if needed. New Zealand has now made 5925 and 00:25:01.001 --> 00:25:08.000 26425 megahertz available for wireless local area network following similar 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:10.000 action in the United States and Australia. 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:17.001 RSM radio spectrum management, that country's regulator, has now made the 5925 to 00:25:17.001 --> 00:25:22.001 6425 megahertz frequency band available for wireless local area network service 00:25:22.001 --> 00:25:28.000 under the low power indoor use and very low power indoor and outdoor regime 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:32.001 throughout the radio communications regulations, the general user radio license 00:25:32.001 --> 00:25:38.001 for short range devices, notice 22. By adopting comparable conditions, this 00:25:38.001 --> 00:25:42.001 aligns with the approaches adopted in Australia and the United Kingdom. 00:25:43.001 --> 00:25:49.000 This decision allows our June 2021 consultation where we were invited interested 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:54.000 parties to make submission to our consultation paper wireless local area network 00:25:54.000 --> 00:26:00.001 use of the 6 gigahertz band on future use of the 5925 to 7125 00:26:00.001 --> 00:26:05.000 megahertz. In addition, we've made corrections to the conditions applying to the 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:12.000 5150 to 5350 megahertz band and have also extended the 57 to 66 gigahertz band 00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:17.000 to 57 to 71 gigahertz. This is to bring our provisions in line with other 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:22.000 regions, including Australia, Europe and North America. Finland's National 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:28.001 Amateur Radio Society, the SRAL, reports the OH-2CH radio club applied for and 00:26:28.001 --> 00:26:35.000 got a grant of 99,915 euros, that is approximately 100 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:42.000 ,000 US dollars. Espoo's radio club OH-2CH has done pioneering work 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:47.001 by going through the ARDC application process with a successful outcome, 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:55.000 receiving a 99,915 euro grant for the implementation of an independent 5 00:26:55.000 --> 00:27:01.000 gigahertz IP backbone network focused on radio amateur services. The network will 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:08.000 connect the digital and analog repeaters maintained by the AmperNet 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:13.001 services and the internet. The SRAL board also got to be in a small part of this 00:27:13.001 --> 00:27:19.000 process when they wrote a letter of support for the application. This exercise 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:24.001 now opens doors for other clubs to apply for grants for various technical and 00:27:24.001 --> 00:27:29.001 scientific projects in the area of amateur radio technology. This kind of 00:27:29.001 --> 00:27:35.000 activity will significantly increase the visibility and viability of the radio 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:42.000 amateur hobby in the future. Congratulations to Espoo Radio Club OH-2CH for the 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:47.001 remarkable work and clearing the way. And a special note to Eric Fincus as the 00:27:47.001 --> 00:27:54.001 active promoter of the OH-2LAK project. The SARL said in its press release, 00:27:55.000 --> 00:28:00.000 Amateur Radio Digital Communications is a private foundation whose mission is to 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:04.001 support the science and technology of amateur radio and digital communications 00:28:04.001 --> 00:28:09.001 and can be found at amper.org. That's www 00:28:09.001 --> 00:28:13.001 .ampr.org. 00:28:14.001 --> 00:28:19.001 Amateur Radio provided communications for the Ironman Lake Placid Triathlon on 00:28:19.001 --> 00:28:26.001 Sunday, July 24, 2022. The Champlain Valley Amateur Radio Club provided 29 00:28:26.001 --> 00:28:32.000 licensed operators with communications for 11 ambulances, 5 bike aid stations, 4 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:37.000 support and gear vehicles, 2 medical tent stations, and 2 net control stations. 00:28:37.001 --> 00:28:42.001 All radio operators volunteered their time and many worked 16 hours or more for a 00:28:42.001 --> 00:28:48.001 combined 385 hours. They were honored with an award for special recognition for a 00:28:48.001 --> 00:28:55.000 volunteer team. Updated numbers from A-R-L Field Day, 2022 now 00:28:55.000 --> 00:29:02.000 show 1,235,000 265 total reported contacts 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:08.001 as of July 26, 2022. A-R-L Contest Program Manager 00:29:08.001 --> 00:29:15.001 Paul Burke, N1SFE, reported that 4,774 field day 00:29:15.001 --> 00:29:22.000 entries have been submitted and there were 28,250 field day participants. 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:30.000 The class breakdown is as follows. 1,141 class A club non 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:36.001 -club portable, 598 class B one or two person portable and battery 00:29:36.001 --> 00:29:43.001 one or two person portable, 56 class C mobile, 2,093 00:29:43.001 --> 00:29:50.001 class D home stations, 735 class E home stations using emergency 00:29:50.001 --> 00:29:57.001 power, 151 class F emergency operation centers. The last day 00:29:57.001 --> 00:30:02.001 to submit entries was Tuesday, July 26, so the numbers will change in the coming 00:30:02.001 --> 00:30:09.001 weeks. Burke added that 237 entries are missing either the required dup 00:30:09.001 --> 00:30:15.001 sheet or in lieu of that a Cabrillo formatted log or supporting documentation for 00:30:15.001 --> 00:30:22.001 claimed bonus points. He encourages all entrants to check the A-R-L field day 00:30:22.001 --> 00:30:28.000 entries received page to verify that their entry has been accepted and if it is 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:33.001 complete or pending any supporting documentation. Additional documentation and 00:30:33.001 --> 00:30:38.001 log files can be added to previously submitted field day entries by using the 00:30:38.001 --> 00:30:43.000 link that was provided in the confirmation email that was received upon 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:48.001 submittal. Any questions regarding field day entries should be directed to 00:30:48.001 --> 00:30:55.001 fieldday at a-r-l dot org. We pause for stations along the network to identify. 00:30:56.000 --> 00:31:00.001 We are This Week in Amateur Radio, your amateur radio and technology news 00:31:00.001 --> 00:31:04.001 magazine of the year, available as a podcast on iTunes, Google Play, 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:06.001 iHeartMedia and Spotify. 00:31:27.001 --> 00:31:33.001 And now with the latest technology news and commentary from Petaluma, California, 00:31:33.001 --> 00:31:37.000 This Week in Amateur Radio is proud to present Leo LaPorte. 00:33:03.001 --> 00:33:06.001 I wouldn't want to use it today. First iPhone have 00:33:06.001 --> 00:33:08.000 it. Got it right behind me in my museum. 00:33:08.001 --> 00:33:12.001 A lot of that stuff ends up at the museum sooner than you'd wish. The 00:33:12.001 --> 00:33:17.001 technological world around us, which is really frankly becoming, you know, 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:24.000 subtly, slowly, without in some ways us noticing more and more 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:31.000 weird. I mean, honestly, if somebody from the 50s came 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:35.001 to the modern times, a lot of things would look the same. Our cars might look 00:33:35.001 --> 00:33:39.000 more futuristic, but they're essentially the same. And then they'd see the 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:43.001 smartphone and the internet and computers and they'd go whoa. 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:50.000 And our giant TVs and they'd go whoa, whoa. It's okay. I'm your tour 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.001 guide to the 21st century. 00:33:52.001 --> 00:33:58.000 Whoa. You can call essentially for free any phone in the world. 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:06.000 Whoa is right. I mean, that was used to be like a big deal. You'd 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:09.000 call a friend in Europe, you go, there's a call that costs me $8 a minute. Let's 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:16.000 get this over with. Now it's like, video, audio. Remember for a while, 00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:21.000 everybody thought in the 60s, I remember going to the 1964 New York World's Fair 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:28.000 where AT&T showed off a video phone and we thought, oh yeah. And then, by 1990, 00:34:28.001 --> 00:34:33.000 everybody, all the phone calls, they all be video phone calls. In 2001, A Space 00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:40.000 Odyssey, you remember that movie came out in the 70s, right? In 2001, A Space 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:46.000 Odyssey, our hero, Dr. Floyd, makes a phone call from the moon. There's a moon 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:49.000 base, makes a phone call from the moon base. 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:53.001 Actually it's the late 60s, 1968. So it was four years after 00:34:53.001 --> 00:34:55.000 AT&T, she showed that video phone. 00:34:55.001 --> 00:35:00.001 Dr. Floyd makes a phone call. It gets in a booth. It's still a phone booth in the 00:35:00.001 --> 00:35:05.000 future, apparently, and the moon. He goes in a booth and there's a big screen. 00:35:05.001 --> 00:35:11.000 And I suppose for 1968, that was a huge screen. It looks like, you know, sideways 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:15.000 computer monitor OS, but it's like about the size of the screen in the Tesla. And 00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:18.001 if you had said, you're going to have a screen like that in your car, you don't 00:35:18.001 --> 00:35:23.000 need to go to a booth. People would have gone, no, come on, man, that's nuts. 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:28.001 Who wants to watch TV in their car? Well, that's a whole nother story. He goes in 00:35:28.001 --> 00:35:31.001 there, he makes a phone call to his wife and daughter on earth 00:35:31.001 --> 00:35:33.001 to wish his daughter happy birthday. 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:39.000 Happy birthday, dear. You know, they sing and all that. And oh, that's the 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:43.001 future. And then a funny thing happened. It didn't happen for a long time. In 00:35:43.001 --> 00:35:48.000 fact, I remember saying on this show, I've been doing this show for 18 years. So, 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:52.000 you know, back when you were, you know, when you were not even born yet, some of 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:56.000 you, I remember saying, nobody wants to make it turns out, nobody wants to make a 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.001 video phone call. We have Skype, we have ways to do it now. 00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:03.001 No one wants to do it. And my theory was nobody wants to do it because you don't, 00:36:03.001 --> 00:36:09.000 you know, you don't want to put on nice shirt, your makeup, brush your hair, you 00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:12.000 don't want to do all that to make a phone call, you just want to be a slob and 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:14.000 make a phone call. Then something happened. 00:36:14.001 --> 00:36:18.001 And I think, I think the big change, the big transition for everybody, it all 00:36:18.001 --> 00:36:23.000 started, you know, maybe five or six years ago, Apple's FaceTime and so forth. 00:36:23.001 --> 00:36:27.001 But then COVID, and we were all working at home and suddenly we're getting, you 00:36:27.001 --> 00:36:29.000 know, every call is a video call. 00:36:29.001 --> 00:36:35.001 We're zooming, we're zooming all the time. We're zooming home back and forth. And 00:36:35.001 --> 00:36:39.000 suddenly we're used to it. And yeah, yeah, maybe you put your face on and brush 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:42.000 your hair a little bit, make your bed before you do the phone call. Sometimes you 00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:47.001 don't, but just get used to it. And now it's kind of de rigueur. In fact, I don't 00:36:47.001 --> 00:36:50.001 know, you tell me, does this feel a little weird when you make a phone call and 00:36:50.001 --> 00:36:57.000 it's just a voice? Ah, hello, I'm calling from Paris. It's like a little, 00:36:57.001 --> 00:37:02.001 it's a little old fashioned. So that's what we talk about on this show. How times 00:37:02.001 --> 00:37:07.000 is changing all around us without us even knowing until you sit back and go, dial 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:11.000 a phone. When's the last time you dialed a phone? Right? But yet, and this is 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:16.001 always cracks me up on the, on all of our smartphones, which look like wedges of 00:37:16.001 --> 00:37:23.000 glass. They don't look like phone phones. The icon for dialing a phone is what? 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:27.001 It's a handset. When's the last time you saw a handset? You know, that thing you 00:37:27.001 --> 00:37:31.000 put up to your ear and there's a, there's an earpiece and there's a microphone 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:36.001 and they're separated by a big piece. What are you know, kids must think, I don't 00:37:36.001 --> 00:37:42.000 know about mom and dad. They seem to be worshiping ancient artifacts. It's an iOS 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:48.001 and Android. It's a handset. I'm going to dial a phone call on my handset. There 00:37:48.001 --> 00:37:52.000 was an article actually, an interesting article in the New York Times this week 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:57.001 about bringing back the landline. Yeah, that's going to happen. Oh, but she 00:37:57.001 --> 00:38:02.000 didn't really bring back the landline. She spent a considerable amount of money 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:06.001 buying one of those old plastic phones. You know, the ones you used to have the 00:38:06.001 --> 00:38:10.000 Western electric, they weren't even plastic was like hard resin. I don't know 00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:15.000 what they, they didn't even, I don't think they'd invented plastic yet. They're 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:20.000 so ancient. Remember those? Maybe you don't. They had handsets. She got one of 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:24.000 those. I probably bought it on eBay or something. She bought one of these and 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:30.000 then got some sort of, it's called How to Relive the Pleasures of the Landline. 00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:35.000 How crazy is that? I'm sorry, it wasn't the New York Times. It was the New 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:40.001 Yorker. Oh well, oi toi ti. It was the New Yorker with the help of an old rotary 00:38:40.001 --> 00:38:44.000 phone and a Bluetooth hookup. That would add there's this. 00:38:44.001 --> 00:38:48.001 It's the giveaway. You too could feel like rock Hudson gabbing in the bathtub, 00:38:48.001 --> 00:38:55.001 says Rachel Simon. So she bought, you know, on eBay a phone for 20 bucks. She 00:38:55.001 --> 00:38:59.000 said you can find far pricier vintage phones on that site, retro phones on 00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:03.001 Instagram, friendly colors, avocado, green, Barbie, pink. You know what? Did you 00:39:03.001 --> 00:39:09.001 ever, did you, do you remember? Nobody, I'm showing my age here. Do you remember 00:39:09.001 --> 00:39:14.000 the princess phone? It had a light lit up dial. Remember that? Yeah, you could 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:17.000 still buy those. And then you hook it up to your what? Cell phone 00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.001 through a Bluetooth gadget. 00:39:18.001 --> 00:39:21.000 She says it doesn't really work very well. I note 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:23.000 this setup is not without its quirks. 00:39:23.001 --> 00:39:29.000 In order to get my old rotary phone to ring using the cell to Jack, I can't 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:33.000 believe I'm even reading this in the New Yorker magazine of all places using the 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:39.001 cell to Jack, I had to pry open the back and switch the bias spring to low 00:39:39.001 --> 00:39:44.000 position. This is like, this is how things have changed, right? This is the kind 00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:48.000 of article you would have in, you know, bite magazine or PC magazine. 00:39:48.001 --> 00:39:55.000 Compute, you know, you set the bias spring to low position, some guy, you know, 00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:58.001 in a short sleeve white shirt with big dark glasses, big, you know, thick rim 00:39:58.001 --> 00:40:04.000 black glasses, using a complicated set of instructions. So the clapper is 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:07.000 sensitive enough to function using the cell to Jack. 00:40:07.001 --> 00:40:12.000 No, it's in the New Yorker. The magazine of literary, 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:16.000 upscale, college educated America. 00:40:16.001 --> 00:40:19.000 How to relive the pleasures of the landline. What a 00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:21.000 world. What a world we live in. 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.001 So that's what we talk about. Yeah, I can help you relive 00:40:24.001 --> 00:40:26.001 the pleasures of the landline. 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:31.000 Although why? I don't know. The same reason people buy vinyl records, right? 00:40:31.001 --> 00:40:37.000 Honestly, I don't care what your audiophile buddy says. They do not sound better. 00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:44.000 Okay. That's in his head or her head. That's imaginary. They scratch, they click, 00:40:44.001 --> 00:40:47.001 they warble, they wow. They not sound better. 00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:54.001 It's a, it's just this kind of odd nostalgia, isn't it? That we have because 00:40:54.001 --> 00:40:59.000 everything's moving just a little too fast. And let's go back to the good old 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:04.001 days. Laura, professor, Laura asked me just before the show began, you ever see a 00:41:04.001 --> 00:41:07.001 movie called Logan's run? I said, Oh yeah. 00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:13.000 Oh yeah. That was kind of one of the science fiction classics. When did that come 00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:19.001 out? My God. A long time ago, 1976. Laura, you weren't even a twinkle. 00:41:20.001 --> 00:41:26.001 Your dad probably wasn't even born in 1976. No, he was. Okay. Michael York. It's 00:41:26.001 --> 00:41:31.001 the 23rd century in which, and it says, it's an era in which in order to keep the 00:41:31.001 --> 00:41:35.001 population low, you only get 30 years and there's a little doohickey you have on 00:41:35.001 --> 00:41:37.000 your hand that lights up when you get to be 30. 00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:44.001 And then the sand man comes to terminate you. It was okay. Interesting story. 00:41:44.001 --> 00:41:50.001 Probably a great sci-fi story. Cornball beyond belief. The other day I wanted to 00:41:50.001 --> 00:41:55.000 watch Soylent Green because Soylent Green, another classic sci-fi movie, Charlton 00:41:55.000 --> 00:42:00.001 Heston, takes place in 2022. And I thought, Oh, that's interesting. I wonder what 00:42:00.001 --> 00:42:04.000 they think 2022 is like in the distant past. 00:42:05.001 --> 00:42:10.000 Let me tell you, it's not good. It's not good. There's food riots. 00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:13.000 I'm going to spoil it here. 00:42:13.001 --> 00:42:18.001 This is back in 1973. I'm going to spoil it. The food that they eat is called 00:42:18.001 --> 00:42:24.000 Soylent Green and it's made of people and they round up protesters with 00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:26.000 bulldozers. It's a very strange movie. 00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:31.000 Very cornball and Logan's run same thing. The future is nothing like we imagined, 00:42:31.001 --> 00:42:36.001 not even like 2001, a space Odyssey, nothing like first of all, we don't have in 00:42:36.001 --> 00:42:43.001 2001, we didn't have moon bases in 2022. We don't have moon bases. So, you 00:42:43.001 --> 00:42:45.000 know, we do have camera phones. 00:42:45.001 --> 00:42:49.000 We do have video phones. Anyway, I'm glad you were here 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:51.000 and I'm here and I'll be here next week. 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:54.001 I hope you'll come by and bring your friends too. As we talk high tech, 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.001 Leo Laporte, tech guy. 00:42:57.001 --> 00:43:02.001 Are you ready for another trip into amateur radio history? I'm Bill Cantonelli 00:43:02.001 --> 00:43:09.000 W2XOY and I'll be back in a moment with another edition of the ancient amateur 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:15.001 archives here on this week in amateur radio. You are listening to North 00:43:15.001 --> 00:43:20.001 America's premier news and information service for the amateur radio hobbyist. We 00:43:20.001 --> 00:43:23.001 are this week in amateur radio. 00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:50.000 This is Bill Cantonelli W2XOY with amateur radio 00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:57.000 history headlines. 1957 Spudnik, the first artificial satellite 00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:58.001 is launched by the USSR. 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:08.000 Amateurs copy its beacon on 20 and 40 megacycles. 1958 Explorer is launched by 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:15.001 the US. Amateurs copy its signal on 108 megacycles. The ham population in 1958 is 00:44:15.001 --> 00:44:24.000 160,000, three times the 1946 total. The FCC has to issue WA calls in the second 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:32.000 and sixth call areas as the W and K one by three prefixes have run out. Slow scan 00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:39.001 TV is first described in QST. In September 1958, amateurs lose their share of 11 00:44:39.001 --> 00:44:48.001 meters as class D CB is born. 1959, the Geneva conference is held with no major 00:44:48.001 --> 00:44:55.000 amateur changes. Technicians get the middle part of two meters from 145 to 147 00:44:55.000 --> 00:45:00.001 megacycles, but not without some controversy over the purpose of the license. The 00:45:00.001 --> 00:45:06.000 FCC restates their experimental, not communication policy in regards to 00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:16.001 technicians. 1960, Wayne Green is fired as CQ editor and forms 73 magazine. 1961, 00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:23.000 Oscar one, the first amateur satellite is launched. Thousands of amateurs copy 00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:41.001 its 140 milliwatt beacon on 144 megacycles. 1962, Connell Rad is replaced by the 00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:55.001 American Radio Radio League. The American Radio Radio League, their national 00:45:55.001 --> 00:45:59.001 representative society for amateur radio, reports that two amateur radio 00:45:59.001 --> 00:46:02.001 operators helped spot a potential forest fire. 00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:07.001 They were participating in the Black Hills Amateur Radio Club's annual summits on 00:46:07.001 --> 00:46:14.001 the air event in South Dakota on July the 16th. Ryan, KEO, Lima X-ray Tango, 00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:20.000 president of the Black Hills Amateur Radio Club and Christopher, KEO, Romeo Alfa 00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:26.000 Sierra, had made their trek to activate radio on Cicero Peak. Just before heading 00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:30.001 back down, they noticed what might be smoke or dust to the south near hot 00:46:30.001 --> 00:46:37.000 springs. KEO, LXT made a contact on their operating frequency to ask a local 00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:41.000 amateur radio operator if there had been any reports of forest service activity 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:46.001 in the area. An off-duty ranger happened to be monitoring a local hand repeater 00:46:46.001 --> 00:46:51.001 from his home and hearing the traffic from Cicero Peak, he called in the alert. A 00:46:51.001 --> 00:46:56.000 fire crew and a helicopter were able to contain the fire two and a half miles 00:46:56.000 --> 00:47:02.000 south of Pringle, South Dakota. Ward, whiskey Charlie Zero Yankee, attending the 00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:06.001 Black Hills Soda Weekend for his second year, reported that a forest ranger on 00:47:06.001 --> 00:47:11.000 Bear Mountain stepped out of the ranger tower to greet him, but at the time was 00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:15.001 busy monitoring firefighting traffic. Ward said that he could hear the radio 00:47:15.001 --> 00:47:20.000 activity while he was on the ground near the tower and the ranger later told him 00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:24.001 that the forest service was alerted to a small fire when an off-duty ranger was 00:47:24.001 --> 00:47:28.000 monitoring a local hand repeater and heard the traffic from Cicero Peak. 00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:33.000 The ranger credited the hand activity for the early alert that allowed them to 00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:37.001 address the fire while it was still small. He was very appreciative of how the 00:47:37.001 --> 00:47:43.000 ham activity helped them and asked Ward to pass on his thanks. ARRL Dakota 00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:48.000 Division Director Bill Lippert, Alpha Charlie Zero whiskey applauded the work of 00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:52.001 the amateur radio operators for their early reporting of what could have been a 00:47:52.001 --> 00:47:57.000 major fire as well as crediting the forest service for their quick response. The 00:47:57.000 --> 00:48:01.000 Black Hills Amateur Radio Club had 12 people participating in their Black Hills 00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:06.001 Soda Weekend. The club has members and covers the Black Hills region of South 00:48:06.001 --> 00:48:11.000 Dakota, which is in the southwest corner of the state. The headquarters are in 00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:15.001 Rapid City, South Dakota and they are an ARRL-affiliated club. 00:48:16.001 --> 00:48:23.000 You can read more by going to the ARRL Letter, dated July 28, 2022 at www 00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:28.000 .aRLRL.org forward slash ARRL Letter. 00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:35.001 Here's the latest AMSAT news from Bruce Page, KK5DO. Thanks to StephenKS1G 00:48:35.001 --> 00:48:41.001 for providing the following explanation of the current condition of AO27. It 00:48:41.001 --> 00:48:45.001 turns on for a few minutes on descending passes at a particular latitude, then on 00:48:45.001 --> 00:48:49.001 ascending passes it turns on again at a particular latitude for a few minutes. 00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:54.000 Currently the satellite is turning on from 80 degrees north until it hits 68 00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:58.000 degrees north. On the other end it's turning on at 2 degrees south, then staying 00:48:58.000 --> 00:49:03.001 on until 16 degrees south. It may not be available stateside just now. However, 00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:07.001 give the satellite a bit more time and the footprint will slowly creep to the 00:49:07.001 --> 00:49:13.000 south. And Bruce is asking is anyone out there a digital techie? If you enjoy 00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:18.000 DMR, YSF Fusion or DSTAR and would like to connect with those in the satellite 00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:24.001 community, you are covered. For years the AMSAT DMR98006 has been linked to 00:49:24.001 --> 00:49:31.001 YSF Fusion and that's on the 11689 reflector. Now with the help of Walter, K5WH 00:49:31.001 --> 00:49:38.000 and Craig2M0JUM, they have linked a DSTAR reflector XLX606 into the mix. 00:49:38.001 --> 00:49:42.001 And if you do not have a digital radio, you can use a smartphone and the Peanut 00:49:42.001 --> 00:49:46.000 app for androids. There is not yet an app for iOS. 00:49:46.001 --> 00:49:49.000 No matter what the flavor though, you can connect with the 00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:51.000 AMSAT digital community. 00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:56.001 Taking a quick look at this week's Propagation Forecast report, which comes to us 00:49:56.001 --> 00:50:01.001 from Tad Cook, K7RA in Seattle, Washington. He reports this week that solar 00:50:01.001 --> 00:50:06.001 activity continued to decline with the average daily sunspot number dropping over 00:50:06.001 --> 00:50:13.000 the past week from 91.1 to 36. 6 and average solar flux was at 95 00:50:13.000 --> 00:50:20.000 .7 down from 107.6 the week prior. We have not seen lower values 00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:26.000 since mid April with average sunspot numbers at 34.4 and the end of February with 00:50:26.000 --> 00:50:29.001 the average solar flux at 95.4. 00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:34.001 This was noticeable over the past week on 10 and 12 meters, but there must be 00:50:34.001 --> 00:50:39.000 some daily sporadic from what was seen on email lists devoted to 00:50:39.000 --> 00:50:41.000 10 meter propagation beacons. 00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:46.000 Looking forward, the outlook from the United States Air Force Space Weather Group 00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:51.001 shows a meager forecast for solar flux according to forecasters Sadovsky and 00:50:51.001 --> 00:50:53.001 Cleopastu on Wednesday. 00:50:54.001 --> 00:50:58.001 So the predicted solar flux over the next month never rises above 100 having 00:50:58.001 --> 00:51:05.001 values of 100 for August 6th and 7th, 98 and 96 on August 8th and 9th, 98 on 00:51:05.001 --> 00:51:12.000 August 10th through the 14th, 100 on August 15th and 16th, and 98 on August 17th 00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:18.001 and 18th. The predicted planetary A index is 5 on August 6th through the 7th, 8, 00:51:18.001 --> 00:51:25.001 14 and 12 on August 8th through the 10th, 8 on August 11th through the 12th, 5 on 00:51:25.001 --> 00:51:30.001 August 13th through the 16th, 22 on August 17th and 15 on August 00:51:30.001 --> 00:51:32.001 18th through the 19th. 00:51:33.001 --> 00:51:39.000 The Irish Radio Transmitter Society reports that almost once a week spaceweather 00:51:39.000 --> 00:51:44.000 .com and the students of the Earth to Sky Calculus fly space weather balloons up 00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:48.001 into the stratosphere over California. These balloons are equipped with sensors 00:51:48.001 --> 00:51:53.001 that detect secondary cosmic rays, a form of radiation from space that can 00:51:53.001 --> 00:51:58.000 penetrate all the way down to the Earth's surface. Their monitoring program has 00:51:58.000 --> 00:52:02.001 been underway without interruption for seven years resulting in a unique data set 00:52:02.001 --> 00:52:07.000 of in-situ atmospheric measurements. Latest results from this month show 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:12.000 atmospheric radiation decreasing to the lowest values recorded so far. The 00:52:12.000 --> 00:52:16.001 radiation drop is caused by increased solar activity during a faster than 00:52:16.001 --> 00:52:21.001 predicted rise in activity in solar cycle 25. The sun's strengthening and 00:52:21.001 --> 00:52:25.001 increasingly tangled magnetic field, together with an increase in coronal mass 00:52:25.001 --> 00:52:29.000 ejections, repel the cosmic rays from deep space. 00:52:29.001 --> 00:52:33.000 Cosmic rays could alter the chemistry of our atmosphere. They can trigger 00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:37.001 lightning and they can penetrate commercial airplanes resulting in an increased 00:52:37.001 --> 00:52:39.000 health risk for flight crews. 00:52:39.001 --> 00:52:44.001 This weekend, that's August 2022, we'll see the third of the new and quite active 00:52:44.001 --> 00:52:49.001 solar regions rotating into view. Current observations show filaments detaching 00:52:49.001 --> 00:52:54.000 from at least one of those nearly Earth-facing regions near a large coronal hole 00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:58.001 in the southern hemisphere. This will likely lead to geomagnetic disturbances 00:52:58.001 --> 00:53:03.001 when the plasma cloud of the CMEs arrive midweek, triggering moderate radio 00:53:03.001 --> 00:53:09.001 blackouts. The Australian Space Weather Service predicts a 5% chance of R1 to R3 00:53:09.001 --> 00:53:14.000 blackouts. So does the European Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, currently 00:53:14.000 --> 00:53:20.000 reporting a solar wind speed of around 350 km per second, yet with a low particle 00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:26.000 count of 5 protons per cubic centimetre. The interplanetary KP index is hovering 00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:31.000 around 3 at the moment and is predicted to drop on Monday. The sporadic e-season 00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:36.000 is coming to an end. As we head into the autumn, combined with the current state 00:53:36.000 --> 00:53:40.001 of the sun, one can expect the daytime maximum usable frequency not to rise much 00:53:40.001 --> 00:53:43.000 above 15 MHz in the coming days. 00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:48.001 Originating from Albany, New York and distributed worldwide, you are listening to 00:53:48.001 --> 00:53:50.001 This Week in Amateur Radio. 00:54:10.001 --> 00:54:16.000 When the Honga Tonga submarine volcano exploded earlier this year, bringing down 00:54:16.000 --> 00:54:20.000 communications to and from the remote island of Tonga, Radio New Zealand Pacific 00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:25.001 reverted to shortwave to reach the isolated island nation. In an article in 00:54:25.001 --> 00:54:30.000 Public Media Alliance, Richard Sutherland, head of news at Radio New Zealand, 00:54:30.001 --> 00:54:34.000 said that when the submarine volcano exploded, it was the most powerful eruption 00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:40.000 of its type that the world had ever seen since Krakatoa in 1883. In addition to 00:54:40.000 --> 00:54:44.001 sending atmospheric shockwaves around the world, the eruption badly damaged the 00:54:44.001 --> 00:54:48.001 international high speed subsea cable connecting Tonga to the rest of the world. 00:54:49.000 --> 00:54:53.001 The island kingdom was cut off, and it was several days before jury-rigged comms 00:54:53.001 --> 00:54:58.001 were restored. Getting information out of Tonga was next to impossible, but 00:54:58.001 --> 00:55:02.001 thanks to shortwave, Radio New Zealand Pacific was able to broadcast vital 00:55:02.001 --> 00:55:07.001 information into the country. Richard Sutherland said that it may seem strange to 00:55:07.001 --> 00:55:13.000 be talking about shortwave this far into the 21st century. Shortwave conjures up 00:55:13.000 --> 00:55:18.001 images of 1930s-style wood-panelled radios jammed with vacuum tubes, receiving 00:55:18.001 --> 00:55:23.000 programmes broadcast from colonial capitals. But what many dismiss as a legacy 00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:27.001 distribution platform continues to show its worth even in the age of the 00:55:27.001 --> 00:55:32.000 internet. The New Zealand government signed off on a multimillion-dollar 00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:36.001 investment in a new shortwave transmitter for RNZ Pacific, which is the 00:55:36.001 --> 00:55:40.001 international service of New Zealand's public broadcaster, Radio New Zealand. 00:55:41.000 --> 00:55:46.001 This will allow them to continue and build on a service that began in 1948, using 00:55:46.001 --> 00:55:51.001 transmitters left behind by the US military after the Second World War. Richard 00:55:51.001 --> 00:55:56.000 Sutherland said that from the highlands of Papua New Guinea to remote atolls in 00:55:56.000 --> 00:56:01.000 the wider Pacific Ocean, shortwave transmissions remain a vital tool in getting 00:56:01.000 --> 00:56:04.001 news and information to a large but geographically scattered audience. 00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:08.000 In addition to its ease of delivery, shortwave is no 00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:09.001 respecter of political boundaries. 00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:14.000 It's hard to censor a transmitter nestled deep in the heart of rural New Zealand, 00:56:14.001 --> 00:56:18.001 thousands of kilometres away. RNZ Pacific's shortwave service broadcasts 00:56:18.001 --> 00:56:23.001 bulletins in Tongan, Samoan and other regional languages. You can read the full 00:56:23.001 --> 00:56:28.000 story at www.publicmediaalliance.org. 00:56:29.001 --> 00:56:34.001 Foundations of amateur radio As a new amateur, one of the initial perplexing 00:56:34.001 --> 00:56:38.000 issues you're confronted with is setting up your first radio to talk to the local 00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:43.000 repeater. The question is so common that it's almost an invisible rite of passage 00:56:43.000 --> 00:56:48.000 to a new licensee. While I'm a fan of learning, there is plenty of that to go 00:56:48.000 --> 00:56:51.001 around and setting up your radio to talk to a repeater shouldn't be a hurdle to 00:56:51.001 --> 00:56:56.000 getting on air and making noise. Ignoring the whole repeater thing for a 00:56:56.000 --> 00:56:58.000 moment, let's consider your radio. 00:56:58.001 --> 00:57:00.001 It doesn't matter if it's a handheld, a base 00:57:00.001 --> 00:57:02.001 station, a boat anchor or something else. 00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:06.000 To participate in the whole repeater experience, you need to 00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:07.001 tune your radio to hear it. 00:57:08.001 --> 00:57:12.001 Technically, if I told you that you could tune to a local repeater on 146 decimal 00:57:12.001 --> 00:57:18.000 750 megahertz, that would be enough information to get you going. But this 00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:22.000 depends entirely on a set of standard assumptions that are likely not obvious to 00:57:22.000 --> 00:57:24.001 you. Let's explore what's going on. 00:57:25.000 --> 00:57:30.001 Given that frequency, you can set your radio to 146 decimal 750 megahertz and in 00:57:30.001 --> 00:57:35.000 most cases you'll be able to hear the repeater. To actually participate, you 00:57:35.000 --> 00:57:39.000 would need to do some more work to get your transmitter to be heard. As I said, 00:57:39.001 --> 00:57:41.000 standards are what makes that possible. 00:57:41.001 --> 00:57:46.001 But like every human endeavor, a caution must be applied. As Andrew Tannenbaum 00:57:46.001 --> 00:57:50.001 said, the nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. 00:57:51.001 --> 00:57:54.001 With that in mind, let's proceed. Before you start 00:57:54.001 --> 00:57:56.001 yelling, I'll add caveats at the end. 00:57:57.000 --> 00:58:01.000 Armed with a repeater frequency, you have enough information to get on air, but 00:58:01.000 --> 00:58:05.001 it assumes that you know a couple of things. So, let's delve into those 00:58:05.001 --> 00:58:09.001 assumptions. For starters, there's an assumption that you're aware that to 00:58:09.001 --> 00:58:13.000 operate a repeater you must transmit on a different frequency than what you're 00:58:13.000 --> 00:58:17.000 listening on. Why that is the case is a whole other discussion which I'll leave 00:58:17.000 --> 00:58:21.001 for today. There is the assumption that you know that the two frequencies, one 00:58:21.001 --> 00:58:25.001 for listening, one for transmitting, are separated from each other by a known 00:58:25.001 --> 00:58:31.000 distance, a so-called offset. You're also assumed to know that this offset is 00:58:31.000 --> 00:58:36.001 fixed but different for each band. There's more, but let's start here. For your 00:58:36.001 --> 00:58:40.001 radio to transmit on a different frequency than you listen, you must tell it to. 00:58:41.000 --> 00:58:45.000 In many cases, tuning your radio to a so-called repeater frequency will already 00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:50.001 do this for you, but not always. You might need to specifically program your 00:58:50.001 --> 00:58:56.000 radio for repeater operation, or turn on the offset mode, or use two memories, or 00:58:56.000 --> 00:58:59.001 some other things specific to your radio. Read the friendly 00:58:59.001 --> 00:59:01.000 manual. I know you know how. 00:59:02.000 --> 00:59:06.000 The next step is to look at the band you're on, in this case the two-meter band. 00:59:06.001 --> 00:59:10.001 This means that the standard says that the difference between the receive and 00:59:10.001 --> 00:59:13.000 transmit frequency is 600 kHz. 00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:19.000 I'm studiously ignoring other bands at this moment because standards. At this 00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:24.001 point, you know that your radio should be tuned to 146 decimal 750 MHz. It should 00:59:24.001 --> 00:59:30.000 be in repeater mode, and the offset should be 600 kHz. That's when the next 00:59:30.000 --> 00:59:34.000 question arises. Should that be plus 600 or minus 600? 00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:40.001 Guess what? Another standard. If the receive frequency is less than 147 MHz, the 00:59:40.001 --> 00:59:47.000 answer is minus 600 kHz. If it's more than 147 MHz, it's plus 600 00:59:47.000 --> 00:59:54.000 kHz. Notice that I didn't specify what happens if it's exactly 147 MHz. That's 00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:58.001 because nobody knows. Seriously though, the local repeater owner will know, but 00:59:58.001 --> 01:00:04.000 you can try either and get your answer. Now for the caveats. Let's start with the 01:00:04.000 --> 01:00:09.001 147 MHz crossover exception. This isn't global. For example, repeaters in 01:00:09.001 --> 01:00:15.001 California use several different ranges for such a crossover point. I also didn't 01:00:15.001 --> 01:00:19.001 tell you about repeaters on other bands because the offset depends on where you 01:00:19.001 --> 01:00:26.000 are. In many cases, the 70 cm repeater offset is 5 MHz, but in Europe 01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:33.000 it's mostly 7.6 MHz. Unless it's 9 MHz. The 10-meter repeater offsets are 01:00:33.000 --> 01:00:38.001 often 100 kHz, but sometimes they're a MHz. Similarly, the 6-meter repeater 01:00:38.001 --> 01:00:40.001 offset is 1 MHz, except when it's not. 01:00:41.001 --> 01:00:45.000 The point being that starting with the receive frequency, there's a great number 01:00:45.000 --> 01:00:49.000 of assumptions, many of which you'll need to discover for your own location. A 01:00:49.000 --> 01:00:53.001 great resource, which I've mentioned before, is the brainchild of Garrett kilo 01:00:53.001 --> 01:00:59.000 delta 6 kilo papa Charlie, the repeaterbook. com website and app, maintained by a 01:00:59.000 --> 01:01:03.000 global group of volunteers which list many repeaters and their specific settings, 01:01:03.001 --> 01:01:07.001 frequencies and locations. So armed with this knowledge, I expect that you can 01:01:07.001 --> 01:01:11.001 now find a local repeater and make use of it. When in doubt, contact the owner 01:01:11.001 --> 01:01:17.000 and ask for help. They're a friendly bunch. Remember to say thank you. So, what 01:01:17.000 --> 01:01:19.001 excuse do you have to not get on air and make noise? 01:01:20.000 --> 01:01:24.001 Oh, before I forget, if you don't hear anything or if transmit isn't doing what 01:01:24.001 --> 01:01:28.001 you expect, check that you've configured CT-CSS. Another 01:01:28.001 --> 01:01:31.000 assumption. I'm ono, Victor Kiehlai 06, 01:01:33.001 --> 01:01:40.001 Foxtrot EDR notes a problem with lack of 01:01:40.001 --> 01:01:46.000 availability of training courses and suggests maybe as many as 50% who pass the 01:01:46.000 --> 01:01:51.001 amateur radio exam never go on to become active on the air. The Danish society 01:01:51.001 --> 01:01:56.000 said that they hoped for more volunteers to work in both EDR's representative 01:01:56.000 --> 01:02:02.000 board and other areas such as training. An association like EDR cannot be 01:02:02.000 --> 01:02:06.001 developed by a main board alone, even if all the board members gave 24-7 to the 01:02:06.001 --> 01:02:11.000 task. If there was to be more speed to help progress and transition into the 01:02:11.000 --> 01:02:16.000 future, more people must be involved and actively participate. There appears to 01:02:16.000 --> 01:02:21.000 be a similar problem in the local clubs and society branches in Denmark. There 01:02:21.000 --> 01:02:24.001 are several places in the country where it is simply not possible to take a 01:02:24.001 --> 01:02:29.000 course which leads to obtaining the amateur radio certificate. In the Frank 01:02:29.000 --> 01:02:34.000 report, the national society said that this situation is nothing short of a pure 01:02:34.000 --> 01:02:38.001 disaster for the hobby of amateur radio and without new radio amateurs the future 01:02:38.001 --> 01:02:43.000 looks quite grim. Part of the problem could and hopefully will be solved by 01:02:43.000 --> 01:02:48.000 virtual teaching so that more local branches could go in together and share one 01:02:48.000 --> 01:02:52.000 trainer. But the big problem is that Denmark is losing too many of its recently 01:02:52.000 --> 01:02:57.001 qualified radio amateurs. The report suggests that this is because new licensees 01:02:57.001 --> 01:03:02.000 lack the practical skills to take part in the world's best hobby. There are too 01:03:02.000 --> 01:03:06.001 few mentors who can demonstrate how to operate on the air with a radio in hand 01:03:06.001 --> 01:03:11.001 and other everyday tasks such as checking the performance of antennas and so on. 01:03:12.000 --> 01:03:16.000 The EDR board says that resolving this problem is not merely a matter of a few 01:03:16.000 --> 01:03:20.001 meetings, but in many ways the resolution belongs in the local clubs and 01:03:20.001 --> 01:03:25.001 branches. It would be a great start if the amateur radio world in Denmark could 01:03:25.001 --> 01:03:30.001 capture and retain even half of the 50% who go to the test without becoming 01:03:30.001 --> 01:03:35.000 active. This would introduce so many new active amateurs to the hobby year on 01:03:35.000 --> 01:03:41.001 year. For more on this story go to tinyurl. com forward slash I-A-R 01:03:41.001 --> 01:03:47.000 -U-denmark You're listening to America's premier amateur radio news magazine of 01:03:47.000 --> 01:03:49.001 the air this week in amateur radio 01:04:01.001 --> 01:04:02.000 [...] 01:04:06.001 --> 01:04:12.000 From the Mid-South Studios of the Radio Amateur Information Network, I'm Will 01:04:12.000 --> 01:04:18.001 Rogers, K5WLR with the Rain Report Podcast. I want everybody first of all to take 01:04:18.001 --> 01:04:25.000 a good deep breath because a lot depends on the weather and a lot depends as 01:04:25.000 --> 01:04:31.000 to the makeup of our atmosphere, as to how far we can talk, how far we can 01:04:31.000 --> 01:04:34.000 visualize on digital ATV. 01:04:34.001 --> 01:04:39.001 Who else would introduce a forum about TROPO at the Dayton Hamvention like that 01:04:39.001 --> 01:04:46.001 than Gordon West, WB6NOA. Many of you will recognize the name Gordon West 01:04:46.001 --> 01:04:52.001 from his various ham radio materials sold for decades in Radio Shack. Gordo lives 01:04:52.001 --> 01:04:57.001 in Southern California and loves the ever-changing weather conditions that make 01:04:57.001 --> 01:05:03.001 long-range oceanic TROPO possible. So just what is TROPO anyway? 01:05:04.000 --> 01:05:10.000 Just ask Gordo. Our atmosphere is made up of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, dry air, 01:05:10.001 --> 01:05:17.000 helium, neon, xenon, and thanks to lunch today methane, carbon 01:05:17.000 --> 01:05:22.001 monoxide, you get the idea. And with normal air it gets cooler as we go higher 01:05:22.001 --> 01:05:26.000 and with normal air for every 300 feet we lose one degree. 01:05:26.001 --> 01:05:32.000 So a mile up we lose 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Moisture also decreases 01:05:32.000 --> 01:05:33.001 logarithmically as we go higher. 01:05:34.001 --> 01:05:39.001 Pressure decreases as we go higher all in normal air. But something occurs 01:05:39.001 --> 01:05:45.001 between the Pacific Coast and Hawaii and it also occurs here in the state of Ohio 01:05:45.001 --> 01:05:50.001 all the way down to Texas in one way as well as to the east coast. And through 01:05:50.001 --> 01:05:56.000 tropospheric ducting, the compression of the atmosphere, we many times can talk a 01:05:56.000 --> 01:05:59.001 great deal further and we can see TV pictures a lot further. 01:06:00.000 --> 01:06:05.001 It doesn't occur in the ionosphere but rather it occurs in the troposphere. So 01:06:05.001 --> 01:06:10.000 next time you want to squirt some ATV signals over hundreds of miles that 01:06:10.000 --> 01:06:14.001 normally would not take place, take a look outside and see what the weather is 01:06:14.001 --> 01:06:19.001 like. A daylight today, good luck. We're probably down about 3 dB on being able 01:06:19.001 --> 01:06:23.001 to get through. But in the warm summer months warm air is going to get trapped 01:06:23.001 --> 01:06:30.000 above the ground cooler air and of course it'll be below the cool dry air. 01:06:31.000 --> 01:06:35.001 And this warm air as it begins to settle in usually settles in with a high 01:06:35.001 --> 01:06:39.000 pressure system. So for those of you that want to make some long-haul 01:06:39.000 --> 01:06:46.000 tropoducting contacts via ATV, look for that warm air and that they call 01:06:46.000 --> 01:06:51.000 it subsidence inversion. And during the subsidence inversion there's a sharp 01:06:51.000 --> 01:06:56.001 change in the refractive index of air and that sharp change I just came from the 01:06:56.001 --> 01:07:02.001 Denver ham show, you can literally see. And of course some of the digital ATV 01:07:02.001 --> 01:07:07.001 work that those of you from the Denver area did last year, you could almost see 01:07:07.001 --> 01:07:13.001 that you are going to be a success. Ducting occurs over ocean areas as well and 01:07:13.001 --> 01:07:19.000 we can see some ominous figures. This one is of a normal island as well as a 01:07:19.000 --> 01:07:23.001 ship. Those oil derricks out there on the water look like they're on stilts but 01:07:23.001 --> 01:07:28.001 it's actually a refraction of the ionosphere. Those of you up in the Great Lakes 01:07:28.001 --> 01:07:33.000 area saw something the other night on the weather channel where sometimes you can 01:07:33.000 --> 01:07:39.000 see the other side. That's pretty exciting, usually in July and August. Here's a 01:07:39.000 --> 01:07:44.001 very interesting shot that was taken out in Southern California showing a super 01:07:44.001 --> 01:07:51.000 tanker and it was an upside down refractive of that tanker. The big deal is our 01:07:51.000 --> 01:07:58.000 VHF UHF ATV signals can get caught up in that refractive index and 01:07:58.000 --> 01:08:00.000 travel literally for miles. 01:08:00.000 --> 01:08:04.001 What we wanted to do out in Southern California is to have it travel all the way 01:08:04.001 --> 01:08:10.000 to Hawaii and you would think that well Hawaii's not going to make it on 400 01:08:10.000 --> 01:08:15.000 megahertz. Take a listen to this transmission just before we made one of the 01:08:15.000 --> 01:08:22.000 first ever one-way contacts with Hawaii. This is from Paul the Lake K86 Hotel 01:08:22.000 --> 01:08:27.000 Mike Echo. We're located on the side of the volcano 01:08:27.000 --> 01:08:33.001 at 8,200 foot elevation. 8,200 foot 01:08:33.001 --> 01:08:40.000 and we're about 25 miles west of the eastern north 01:08:40.000 --> 01:08:47.000 shore of the island. Now Paul's a good ham. I just asked him where he was 01:08:47.000 --> 01:08:49.001 and he gives me a 10-minute report and of course the van 01:08:49.001 --> 01:08:51.001 dies by then but it comes back. 01:08:55.000 --> 01:09:01.001 Yeah it sure is Paul. Tell us what mode you're on and tell us what frequency 01:09:01.001 --> 01:09:05.001 over. Take a listen 2500 miles. 01:09:14.001 --> 01:09:20.000 432 074 for those of you on 70 centimeters whether it's ATV or repeaters 01:09:20.000 --> 01:09:22.000 this could happen to you. 01:09:33.001 --> 01:09:36.000 [...] Paul how far apart do you think we are? 01:09:40.000 --> 01:09:46.000 2500 miles. The conditions continued to improve with conditions appearing on 1.2 01:09:46.000 --> 01:09:52.001 gigahertz and that's when we said Paul maybe we should try an ATV contact. Well 01:09:52.001 --> 01:09:57.000 he had the transmitter, I had the receiver, he also had a receiver but he didn't 01:09:57.000 --> 01:10:03.001 have a television. Oh no so it was a one and a half way contact. It followed the 01:10:03.001 --> 01:10:06.000 Hepburn report. Hopefully you've all seen the Hepburn report. 01:10:06.001 --> 01:10:10.001 The areas of yellow and red that means conditions are going to be good on 01:10:10.001 --> 01:10:16.000 tropoducting. So the late Paul K868 Chimi did something that nobody said would 01:10:16.000 --> 01:10:22.000 happen and that was to be able to make the contact between Hawaii and California 01:10:22.000 --> 01:10:27.001 where we would see his signals. He was almost triggering Mike's repeater up on 01:10:27.001 --> 01:10:33.001 San Diego Peak. Wow two of them and the big thing is once you're in the tropoduct 01:10:33.001 --> 01:10:37.001 even a portable station like this should be able to do it. Down at the 01:10:37.001 --> 01:10:39.000 beach we got busted. 01:10:39.001 --> 01:10:44.001 This park ranger wanted to know what the hell we're doing on the sand with a big 01:10:44.001 --> 01:10:50.000 dish. Are we arranging for China to come in and nucus? But it was sort of funny 01:10:50.000 --> 01:10:56.001 but it doesn't take a lot for your ATV signals either analog at six megs wide or 01:10:56.001 --> 01:10:59.001 maybe digital even mobile to make the path. 01:10:59.001 --> 01:11:06.000 So the big prize was Paul, King Henry VI Hotel Mike Echo making 2500 miles over 01:11:06.000 --> 01:11:12.001 amateur television and as we go from analog to digital there is no reason we 01:11:12.001 --> 01:11:17.000 can't do the same thing digital. So how many folks have gone ATV digital? Let me 01:11:17.000 --> 01:11:22.000 see your hand. Good this is great. I expect you to bust that record. So either 01:11:22.000 --> 01:11:27.000 come to Southern California or maybe squeak a signal from Ohio down to Miami or 01:11:27.000 --> 01:11:31.000 somewhere like that but I bet all of you can make it happen on amateur 01:11:31.000 --> 01:11:37.001 television. This has been an excerpt from a Dayton Hamvention ATV forum voiced by 01:11:37.001 --> 01:11:43.001 Gordon West WB6NOA often referred to as Gordo talking about 01:11:43.001 --> 01:11:49.000 tropospheric ducting often referred to as tropo. I'm Will Rogers 01:11:49.000 --> 01:11:56.000 K5WLR bidding you vary 73 from the Radio Amateur Information 01:11:56.000 --> 01:12:02.000 Network. A recent article in the Borneo Post says that radio broadcasting has 01:12:02.000 --> 01:12:07.000 imprinted a profound impact on society since its conception in the early 20th 01:12:07.000 --> 01:12:11.000 century and despite the emergence of digital platforms it remains one of the most 01:12:11.000 --> 01:12:16.001 powerful communication tools to this day. According to radio television Malaysia 01:12:16.001 --> 01:12:22.000 Sarawak Radio Section Chief Assistant Director Mariel Chungat radio services in 01:12:22.000 --> 01:12:28.000 Sarawak continue to play an important role in reaching out to audiences. He said 01:12:28.000 --> 01:12:32.000 that this is especially true in the rural areas that have yet to have digital 01:12:32.000 --> 01:12:36.000 accessibility but can be reached through reception of bands waves or radio 01:12:36.000 --> 01:12:42.000 frequency transmissions either via shortwave or frequency modulation on VHF. He 01:12:42.000 --> 01:12:46.001 said that there are some areas in Sarawak, Miri in particular, which still use 01:12:46.001 --> 01:12:50.001 shortwave receiving facilities with transmissions being carried out via the radio 01:12:50.001 --> 01:12:55.000 television Malaysia Kajang branch transmitter which is still in operation. Mariel 01:12:55.000 --> 01:12:59.000 Chungat said that the shortwave bands are still needed especially in the 01:12:59.000 --> 01:13:03.001 interiors for the delivery of information and to keep listeners up to date with 01:13:03.001 --> 01:13:09.001 what's going on. You can read the full story at www.theborneopost.com 01:13:10.001 --> 01:13:15.000 You're listening to This Week in Amateur Radio available as a podcast at our 01:13:15.000 --> 01:13:21.001 website www.twir.net and streamed worldwide via 01:13:21.001 --> 01:13:23.001 Spotify and iHeartMedia. 01:13:44.001 --> 01:13:48.001 Something's brewing in Chester, West Virginia. It's a special event station 01:13:48.001 --> 01:13:52.001 celebrating a beloved local roadside symbol which calls itself the world's 01:13:52.001 --> 01:13:57.000 largest teapot. Tea and Q-Sos will be served starting August 8th through the 14th 01:13:57.000 --> 01:14:00.000 in conjunction with the local teapot festival that takes place in the northern 01:14:00.000 --> 01:14:05.000 West Virginia community. Organized by the Hancock Oxcom team in Hancock, West 01:14:05.000 --> 01:14:09.000 Virginia, this is very possibly the world's largest tea party. Amateurs will be 01:14:09.000 --> 01:14:14.001 on the air with one-by-one call signs W0T through W9T and there'll be a bonus 01:14:14.001 --> 01:14:21.000 station WV8HAT. Hams contacting all 10 call signs will earn a certificate for a 01:14:21.000 --> 01:14:25.001 full cup. Those working all 10 plus the bonus station are endorsed for a full 01:14:25.001 --> 01:14:30.000 pot. The roadside teapot itself is a former advertising symbol created before 01:14:30.000 --> 01:14:34.000 World War II and before it gained its spout and handle it was a humble barrel 01:14:34.000 --> 01:14:38.001 that advertised a brand of root beer. Standing 14 feet high it is big enough to 01:14:38.001 --> 01:14:42.001 hold a colorful history and this annual amateur radio ritual is now marking its 01:14:42.001 --> 01:14:46.001 sixth year. If you're in the area please stop by with some crackers and biscuits. 01:14:47.001 --> 01:14:51.001 The Young Amateurs Radio Club will host their first annual youth organized 01:14:51.001 --> 01:14:58.001 special event from September 1st through the 15th 2022. With more details on this 01:14:58.001 --> 01:15:04.000 upcoming special event we go to John Ross KD8IDJ reporting from League 01:15:04.000 --> 01:15:10.001 Headquarters. The Young Amateurs Radio Club also known as YARC will host their 01:15:10.001 --> 01:15:14.001 first annual youth organized special event from September 1st through the 15th 01:15:14.001 --> 01:15:20.001 2022. Using their call sign WY4RC the event is known as Worked All 01:15:20.001 --> 01:15:27.001 YARC Zones that's W-A-Y-Z. Operators are activating WY4RC stations 01:15:27.001 --> 01:15:33.000 in all 10 U.S. call zones. Different awards are available for youth operators who 01:15:33.000 --> 01:15:38.001 activate a station and for those who contact at least six WY4RC stations. Any 01:15:38.001 --> 01:15:42.001 young amateur or a club interested in operating during the event can find the 01:15:42.001 --> 01:15:48.000 rules and additional information at the Young Amateurs Radio Club website. YARC 01:15:48.000 --> 01:15:53.001 founded in 2017 is an international amateur radio club with a focus on promoting 01:15:53.001 --> 01:15:58.000 adoption and innovative innovation in amateur radio among young people. 01:15:58.001 --> 01:16:03.001 In 2018 the club was officially recognized by the FCC as an official amateur 01:16:03.001 --> 01:16:10.000 radio club under the call sign WY4RC. YARC has over 1,000 members on their 01:16:10.000 --> 01:16:15.000 discord server as of 2022 and has been changing its structure to bring back 01:16:15.000 --> 01:16:18.000 community events and increase engagement. 01:16:19.000 --> 01:16:24.000 The DV Scotland and Phoenix UK DMR networks have merged simplifying integration 01:16:24.000 --> 01:16:29.000 with other networks both digital and analog. With both networks having a wide 01:16:29.000 --> 01:16:33.000 array of repeaters, reflectors and servers the two were considered complementary 01:16:33.000 --> 01:16:35.000 and unnatural for such a merger. 01:16:35.001 --> 01:16:39.001 This has been a work in progress for many weeks. The new network now benefits 01:16:39.001 --> 01:16:45.000 from a variety of DMR, DSTAR and Yaesu system fusion repeaters as well as All 01:16:45.000 --> 01:16:47.001 -Star hubs and analog simplex gateways. 01:16:48.000 --> 01:16:54.001 Eric G6FGY said via email that current users will not notice any changes and the 01:16:54.001 --> 01:16:58.001 new network called DV Scotland Phoenix will continue hosting a variety of nets 01:16:58.001 --> 01:17:03.001 accessible by various modes each week. Eric said the merger reflects rather a 01:17:03.001 --> 01:17:08.000 change in management structure to operate the network. There is a host of nets 01:17:08.000 --> 01:17:12.000 held on the system each week. The Multimode network also supports Peanut, 01:17:12.001 --> 01:17:17.001 EchoLink and Hamshack Hotline. Computer and mobile users can also listen in by 01:17:17.001 --> 01:17:24.001 using the link asl.dvscotland. uk. Nathaniel Frisell, 01:17:24.001 --> 01:17:28.001 Assistant Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at the University of 01:17:28.001 --> 01:17:35.001 Scranton, will lead a $399,211 National Science Foundation grant 01:17:35.001 --> 01:17:40.001 -supported collaborative research project entitled Measuring Daily Ionospheric 01:17:40.001 --> 01:17:47.000 Variability and the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipse Ionospheric Impacts 01:17:47.000 --> 01:17:53.001 using HAMSI-HF Doppler shift receivers. As the lead principal investigator, 01:17:54.000 --> 01:17:58.001 Dr. Frisell will work with students at the University of Scranton, collaborators 01:17:58.001 --> 01:18:04.000 at Case Western Reserve University and volunteer amateurs across the nation to 01:18:04.000 --> 01:18:09.001 study how dawn, dust and solar eclipses affect the electrified portion of the 01:18:09.001 --> 01:18:15.000 upper atmosphere known as the ionosphere. This will be done using a network of 01:18:15.000 --> 01:18:20.001 global navigation satellite system stabilized and synchronized high-frequency 01:18:20.001 --> 01:18:27.000 receivers known as GRAPES which were developed as part of the $1.3 million NSF 01:18:27.000 --> 01:18:34.000 -funded HAMSI Personal Space Weather Station project he was awarded in 2019. An 01:18:34.000 --> 01:18:40.000 annular solar eclipse will take place on October 14, 2023 and a total solar 01:18:40.000 --> 01:18:47.000 eclipse will take place on April 8, 2024. These are the last solar eclipses to 01:18:47.000 --> 01:18:52.001 traverse the continental United States until 2044 and are therefore important 01:18:52.001 --> 01:18:58.000 time-sensitive information rich opportunities for running unique and controlled 01:18:58.000 --> 01:19:03.001 ionospheric experiments said Dr. Frisell. This project takes advantage of the 01:19:03.001 --> 01:19:10.001 unprecedented opportunity to study the ionospheric impacts of the 2023 and 2024 01:19:10.001 --> 01:19:16.000 solar eclipses and the daily ionospheric variability associated with dawn and 01:19:16.000 --> 01:19:20.001 dusk transitions. A better understanding of the impact of ionospheric 01:19:20.001 --> 01:19:25.001 disturbances is imperative because these changes can affect crucial navigation 01:19:25.001 --> 01:19:32.001 and communications systems. According to Dr. Frisell, this new NSF grant will 01:19:32.001 --> 01:19:37.000 fund an additional 30 GRAPE receivers that will be deployed throughout North 01:19:37.000 --> 01:19:42.000 America. Volunteers from the HAMSI amateur radio community will be able to fund 01:19:42.000 --> 01:19:44.000 and field additional stations. 01:19:44.001 --> 01:19:49.000 All stations will run continuously from deployment through at least the end of 01:19:49.000 --> 01:19:55.001 the project in 2025 and will capture the 2023 and 2024 eclipses. 01:19:56.000 --> 01:20:01.000 The grant will also support master's and PhD-level student participation in the 01:20:01.000 --> 01:20:06.000 research, data collection, and analysis. This project will also establish a new 01:20:06.000 --> 01:20:11.000 network of measurement instruments that, due to its low cost in operation by 01:20:11.000 --> 01:20:16.000 volunteers, has the potential to provide measurements for years to come, said Dr. 01:20:16.001 --> 01:20:20.001 Frisell, who also noted that results of the project will be shared widely with 01:20:20.001 --> 01:20:25.000 the amateur radio community through presentations at amateur radio conventions, 01:20:25.001 --> 01:20:30.001 local clubs, and publication in amateur radio magazines and journals. In 01:20:30.001 --> 01:20:37.001 addition, Dr. Frisell was awarded a highly competitive five-year $616,054 01:20:37.001 --> 01:20:44.000 NSF Career Grant in 2020 to apply sophisticated physics-based atmospheric 01:20:44.000 --> 01:20:49.000 and ionospheric models to extensive data sets collected through the International 01:20:49.000 --> 01:20:51.000 Network of Ham Radio Operators. 01:20:52.000 --> 01:20:57.001 Dr. Frisell joined the faculty at Scranton in the fall of 2019. He earned a 01:20:57.001 --> 01:21:01.000 doctorate and a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from 01:21:01.000 --> 01:21:05.001 Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, and a bachelor's degree in physics and music 01:21:05.001 --> 01:21:11.000 education from Montclair State University in New Jersey. He is the founder and 01:21:11.000 --> 01:21:16.000 lead organizer of the International Citizens Science Space Physics Research 01:21:16.000 --> 01:21:21.001 Collective, known as the Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation. HamSci is 01:21:21.001 --> 01:21:27.000 recognized as an official NASA Citizen Science Project. The organizing committee 01:21:27.000 --> 01:21:31.001 for HamFest India has announced the event's return on the 12th and 13th of 01:21:31.001 --> 01:21:33.001 November in Mysore, Karnataka. 01:21:34.000 --> 01:21:37.001 As with so many other major amateur radio events, this usually well-attended 01:21:37.001 --> 01:21:42.001 event, which made its debut in India in 1991, had not been held in person as a 01:21:42.001 --> 01:21:49.001 result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shekar Prasad, VU2SPK, the event's general 01:21:49.001 --> 01:21:53.000 convener, said that the committee is putting together an agenda and a website, 01:21:53.001 --> 01:21:58.000 and both should be available soon. The website is under development at www 01:21:58.000 --> 01:22:05.000 .hfi2022.com. Austria's National Radio Society, the 01:22:05.000 --> 01:22:10.001 OVSV, reports that on International Youth Day, August 12, young people across 01:22:10.001 --> 01:22:15.001 Austria will be permitted to send a greetings message via amateur radio. Unlike 01:22:15.001 --> 01:22:19.001 other countries, unlicensed people in Austria are not permitted to communicate 01:22:19.001 --> 01:22:25.001 under supervision via amateur radio. The OVSV obtained special permission from 01:22:25.001 --> 01:22:30.000 the communications regulator to permit young people to use amateur radio for the 01:22:30.000 --> 01:22:34.001 purpose of transmitting a greetings message during selected events in 2022. 01:22:35.001 --> 01:22:41.000 International Youth Day on August 12 is one of the permitted events. Such use of 01:22:41.000 --> 01:22:44.001 amateur radio stations may only take place under the direct and permanent 01:22:44.001 --> 01:22:49.000 supervision of a licensed radio amateur. The unlicensed person can 01:22:49.000 --> 01:22:50.001 only convey a message of greeting. 01:22:50.001 --> 01:22:56.000 The radio amateur operating the amateur radio station is and remains responsible 01:22:56.000 --> 01:23:02.000 for the proper handling of amateur radio traffic. There's more at tinyurl.com 01:23:02.000 --> 01:23:05.000 forward slash IARU hyphen Austria. 01:23:06.000 --> 01:23:10.001 We pause for stations along the network to identify. We are This Week in Amateur 01:23:10.001 --> 01:23:14.001 Radio, available as a direct download on our website at www 01:23:14.001 --> 01:23:18.000 .twir.net. 01:23:38.001 --> 01:23:43.001 This is November 3, Victor Echo Mike from Parks on the Air with your month ending 01:23:43.001 --> 01:23:48.000 June 2022 Parks on the Air update. Be sure to visit parksontheair.com for 01:23:48.000 --> 01:23:52.000 information about the program and POTA. app for spotting, park information, 01:23:52.000 --> 01:23:56.001 leaderboards, and more. In Parks on the Air News, don't miss the summer plaque 01:23:56.001 --> 01:24:02.000 event coming up July 16 and 17 UTC. This is our busiest weekend every year and 01:24:02.000 --> 01:24:06.000 it's your chance to win one of 17 high quality plaques for your shack. Once the 01:24:06.000 --> 01:24:10.000 event is over, be sure to upload your activation logs using POTA's new self 01:24:10.000 --> 01:24:14.000 -upload service and then be on the lookout at the annual plaque event section from 01:24:14.000 --> 01:24:21.000 the menu at pota. app for details on the official POTA YouTube 01:24:21.000 --> 01:24:25.000 channel to help us announce the winners. Guest presenters for this year's awards 01:24:25.000 --> 01:24:30.001 show include individuals from AR Newsline, Ham Radio Crash Course, ICQ Podcast, 01:24:31.000 --> 01:24:35.001 Temporarily Offline Ham Radio, Ham World Online, Red Summit RF, Pride Radio 01:24:35.001 --> 01:24:42.001 Group, Ria's Shack Ham Radio, KB9VBR Antennas, Kyle AA-0Z Ham Radio, Ham Radio 01:24:42.001 --> 01:24:48.000 Clubhouse, Ham Radio Adventure Guy, K8MRD Radio Stuff, Ham Radio Live and WRMI 01:24:48.000 --> 01:24:53.001 Shortwave CQ Calling Show, Ham Radio Workbench Podcast, Ham Radio 2.0, and of 01:24:53.001 --> 01:24:58.000 course Parks on the Air. For our final news item, I am personally excited to 01:24:58.000 --> 01:25:03.000 announce that Matt here, N3NWV, who many of you know from our official POTA 101 01:25:03.000 --> 01:25:07.000 videos, will be taking over the reins of these monthly updates beginning in 01:25:07.000 --> 01:25:10.001 August. I've had a lot of fun recording these updates, but I'm looking forward to 01:25:10.001 --> 01:25:14.000 handing the reins over to our official media manager as we continue to grow the 01:25:14.000 --> 01:25:17.001 program. And now for the monthly stats update. 01:25:17.001 --> 01:25:24.000 June continued our streak of high activity months. We had 2,114 operators 01:25:24.000 --> 01:25:31.000 complete 10,158 activations from 3,980 parks in 39 different DX 01:25:31.000 --> 01:25:37.001 entities. Of the activators, N2NWK and W6ZD continued their runs in 01:25:37.001 --> 01:25:43.001 the top spots with 283 activations and 63 different parks respectively. The top 01:25:43.001 --> 01:25:48.001 hunter by number of parks was also a repeat this month with K9ICP hunting 01:25:48.001 --> 01:25:50.000 1008 different parks. 01:25:50.001 --> 01:25:57.001 The hunter who made the most Q-SOS this month was W1RCP with 1,856 contacts. 01:25:58.000 --> 01:26:03.001 In POTA DX, England took back the top spot in Region 1 with 121 activations. 01:26:04.000 --> 01:26:08.001 Canada and Japan continued to hold their top spots in Regions 2 and 3 with 690 01:26:08.001 --> 01:26:14.000 and 342 activations each. The individual DX operator who completed the most 01:26:14.000 --> 01:26:20.000 activations was HI8DL in the Dominican Republic who completed 134 activations. 01:26:20.001 --> 01:26:24.001 The DX race for most parks activated was neck and neck, but at the end of the 01:26:24.001 --> 01:26:30.001 month it was VE3GKT who activated 47 parks taking the top spot by just one park 01:26:30.001 --> 01:26:37.000 over VA7DBJ. And last but not least, let's check in on the progress of the Baily 01:26:37.000 --> 01:26:43.001 Sprott Challenge. In 2021, N5HA and W9AV each managed to hunt a park every day. 01:26:44.000 --> 01:26:49.000 So in 2022, we're following along to see if anyone else can match their feat. At 01:26:49.000 --> 01:26:53.001 182 days into the year, we have four activators who have been out every day of 01:26:53.001 --> 01:27:00.000 the year, KE8PZN, N2NWK, K4NYM, and KD4MZM. 01:27:00.001 --> 01:27:04.001 The pull of hunters has dropped by one from last month with just 30 individuals 01:27:04.001 --> 01:27:08.000 still in the running. To all of the Baily Sprott participants, congrats on your 01:27:08.000 --> 01:27:12.000 success so far and we look forward to seeing how you do in the second half of the 01:27:12.000 --> 01:27:17.000 year. This concludes our May 2022 Parks on the Air update. As always, the team at 01:27:17.000 --> 01:27:22.001 Parks on the Air wishes you safe activations and happy hunting! 73! And now with 01:27:22.001 --> 01:27:27.000 his segment on how to successfully compose a public service announcement to 01:27:27.000 --> 01:27:33.001 promote your radio club meeting or hamfest on local Arizona's own Greg 01:27:33.001 --> 01:27:40.000 Stoddard, KF9MP. In the first two segments of this series on promoting your ham 01:27:40.000 --> 01:27:44.000 radio club's event, we covered the basic outline for a two 01:27:44.000 --> 01:27:45.001 -paragraph public service announcement. 01:27:46.000 --> 01:27:51.001 If you missed that show, check out our archived shows on the internet and stay 01:27:51.001 --> 01:27:56.001 tuned to this week at amateur radio when we'll repeat our webpage address. So 01:27:56.001 --> 01:27:59.001 this time, we'll put all the information about our public service announcement 01:27:59.001 --> 01:28:05.000 onto paper and get it ready to mail to radio and tv stations in the area. We 01:28:05.000 --> 01:28:09.001 covered a sample PSA last time. Let's get out our notes and get the word 01:28:09.001 --> 01:28:15.001 processor running and get ready to enter the final draft. I would suggest a bold, 01:28:16.000 --> 01:28:21.000 large type heading which reads public service announcement. This will go all the 01:28:21.000 --> 01:28:28.000 way across the top of the 01:28:28.000 --> 01:28:34.000 paper. This is very important as I'll explain later. Next line, left justified, 01:28:34.001 --> 01:28:36.000 type in kill date. 01:28:36.001 --> 01:28:40.000 This is the date that you want your PSA to stop running which would usually be 01:28:40.000 --> 01:28:46.000 the day after the event. Next, paste in the text of your two-paragraph PSA. Make 01:28:46.000 --> 01:28:48.001 sure it's spell checked and double spaced. 01:28:49.001 --> 01:28:56.000 Your PSA text should be a large, bold, simple text font. Now hit the enter key a 01:28:56.000 --> 01:29:02.001 few times and enter contact person. This should be the name, address, email, fax, 01:29:02.001 --> 01:29:07.000 phone number of a person to contact for information about the event described in 01:29:07.000 --> 01:29:12.001 the PSA. This person should be able to answer phoned questions about the event. 01:29:13.000 --> 01:29:15.000 Be careful whom you choose for this position. 01:29:15.001 --> 01:29:21.001 Be sure to include any relevant titles like club president for this person. Also 01:29:21.001 --> 01:29:26.000 include a formal address and contact information about the club submitting the 01:29:26.000 --> 01:29:32.000 event. I always like to add a five-word phrase in parenthesis after the name of 01:29:32.000 --> 01:29:38.001 the club like the Bowen County Amateur Radio Club, a not-for-profit organization. 01:29:39.000 --> 01:29:44.000 Take a look at your PSA sheet. It should be visibly obvious with a very quick 01:29:44.000 --> 01:29:49.000 glance what part is to be read on the air. The starting and ending points should 01:29:49.000 --> 01:29:54.001 be very obvious. The script must be grammatically correct and spelling perfect. 01:29:55.000 --> 01:30:00.000 You may punctuate for breathing marks if you know how to do that. It should also 01:30:00.000 --> 01:30:02.000 be readable in 30 seconds or less. 01:30:02.001 --> 01:30:06.001 Have more than one person read it timed to be sure it's the proper length. 01:30:07.000 --> 01:30:13.000 Remember the burden is on you so don't give the PSA manager or disc jockey a 01:30:13.000 --> 01:30:15.001 reason not to read your PSA on the air. 01:30:15.001 --> 01:30:21.000 Make it ready to use right out of the envelope. Any PSA with bad grammar, single 01:30:21.000 --> 01:30:26.001 line spacing, misspellings, or just a lousy read are easily passed over for 01:30:26.001 --> 01:30:32.001 others that are easier to read on the air as is. This is Greg Stoddard, KF 01:30:32.001 --> 01:30:36.000 9MP, reporting for This Week in Amateur Radio. 01:30:36.001 --> 01:30:43.000 The Pomeranian local branch of the Polish Amateur Radio Union, PZK, has invited 01:30:43.000 --> 01:30:47.001 all amateur radio operators to participate in the 200th anniversary of the 01:30:47.001 --> 01:30:52.001 construction and launch of the lighthouse in Rozewitsch, Smolund. The on-air 01:30:52.001 --> 01:30:58.001 award competition is active until August 31, 2022, with nine special event 01:30:58.001 --> 01:31:03.000 stations. Two of them are joker stations that will be on the air only during the 01:31:03.000 --> 01:31:09.001 25th anniversary on August 20 and 21. Commemorative e-diplomas will be 01:31:09.001 --> 01:31:15.000 issued to those who meet these special criteria. The competition is also open for 01:31:15.000 --> 01:31:19.000 shortwave listening stations. The rules and frequencies for the 200th anniversary 01:31:19.000 --> 01:31:24.000 of the Polish Lighthouse in Rozewitsch are available on the website. There's 01:31:24.000 --> 01:31:28.000 nothing like a winter trip through the snow-filled Victorian Alps to bring some 01:31:28.000 --> 01:31:33.000 winter warmth to the bands. That's what a team of cross-country skiing radio 01:31:33.000 --> 01:31:39.001 amateurs in Australia is hoping for as they call QRZ between Friday, August 5 and 01:31:39.001 --> 01:31:46.001 Tuesday, August 9. The activators include Steven, VK3SN, Gerard, 01:31:47.000 --> 01:31:54.000 VK3GT, Brownwyn, VK3FIRH among others, and they will be 01:31:54.000 --> 01:32:01.000 on the HF bands 80 through 10 meters using SSB and FT8. They will also 01:32:01.000 --> 01:32:06.000 be on 2 meters and 70 centimeters simplex and on repeaters. They'll be using 01:32:06.000 --> 01:32:11.000 lithium batteries and light solar panels for power. This isn't the first time 01:32:11.000 --> 01:32:16.000 many of these hams have been making this kind of winter trip. Past travels have 01:32:16.000 --> 01:32:21.000 been quite an adventure involving operations from igloos and a number of remote 01:32:21.000 --> 01:32:25.000 peaks. Listening for them promises to be quite an adventure too. 01:32:48.001 --> 01:32:53.000 There are wars to be had in the 42nd contest sponsored by the Australian Ladies 01:32:53.000 --> 01:32:58.001 Amateur Radio Association. There's even certifications and trophies, but 01:32:58.001 --> 01:33:02.000 organizers want participants around the world to know that the real goal of the 01:33:02.000 --> 01:33:09.000 42nd annual AL-A-RA contest on the 27th and 28th of August is to get all 01:33:09.000 --> 01:33:12.001 licensed ham radio operators around the world talking to each other. 01:33:13.000 --> 01:33:17.000 By spotting on the clusters and even on Facebook, all the competitors actually 01:33:17.000 --> 01:33:21.001 work together to make it easier to make these important contacts. Competition? 01:33:22.000 --> 01:33:26.001 Yes, but friendly competition. To be listening too for the same of the newest 01:33:26.001 --> 01:33:31.001 licensed YLs as well as girl guides and scouts, some contacts are expected to be 01:33:31.001 --> 01:33:38.000 made on Echolink as well. Visit the AL-A-RA contest page for more details. You'll 01:33:38.000 --> 01:33:42.000 find the rules and any other details you need to know to get into the contest. 01:33:43.000 --> 01:33:48.000 Just ahead in radio sports this week, many good opportunities. On August 5th, 01:33:48.000 --> 01:33:53.001 that's the QRP Fox Hunt, that's CW. August 6th and 7th, a couple of events, the 01:33:53.001 --> 01:33:58.001 Batavia FT8 contest, FT8 there of course. August 6th and 7th, the 10-10 01:33:58.001 --> 01:34:02.000 International Summer Contest, single side band and phone. 01:34:02.001 --> 01:34:08.001 On August 6th, it's the European HF Championship, CW phone. Then again on August 01:34:08.001 --> 01:34:14.000 6th and 7th, a couple of events, the North American QSO party, that's CW. Also on 01:34:14.000 --> 01:34:19.001 August 7th, the ARRL 222 megahertz and up distance contest, CW phone and digital. 01:34:20.001 --> 01:34:25.001 On August 7th, the SARL HF phone contest, that's phone. On August 9th, the 01:34:25.001 --> 01:34:28.000 worldwide side band activity contest, that's phone. 01:34:28.001 --> 01:34:35.000 On August 10th, the NAQCC CW Sprint, CW of course there. Also on August 10th, the 01:34:35.000 --> 01:34:42.000 phone weekly test phone and on August 10th, the VHF UHF FT8 contest, that is FT8. 01:34:42.001 --> 01:34:47.001 And on August 12th, the QRP Fox Hunt, that is CW. And some upcoming state section 01:34:47.001 --> 01:34:51.001 and state division conventions you'll want to be aware of on August 6th and 7th, 01:34:51.001 --> 01:34:56.001 that's the Cedar Valley ARC Tech Fest hosting the ARRL Iowa State Convention, 01:34:57.000 --> 01:35:01.001 that's in Central City, Iowa. On August 13th, the Tidewater Ham Fest and Swap 01:35:01.001 --> 01:35:06.000 Meet hosting the ARRL Virginia State Convention, that's in Portsmouth, Virginia. 01:35:06.001 --> 01:35:11.000 On August 20th through the 21st, the Huntsville Ham Fest hosting the ARRL 01:35:11.000 --> 01:35:13.001 Southeastern Division Convention, that's in Huntsville, Alabama. 01:35:14.000 --> 01:35:18.001 Then on August 26th through the 28th, the Northeast Ham Exposition hosting the 01:35:18.001 --> 01:35:23.000 ARRL New England and Hudson Division Conventions, that's in Morroboro, 01:35:23.000 --> 01:35:27.001 Massachusetts. On September 2nd through the 4th, the Shelby Ham Fest hosting the 01:35:27.001 --> 01:35:31.000 ARRL North Carolina Section Convention, Shelby, North Carolina. 01:35:31.001 --> 01:35:36.000 And on September 11th, the ARRL Southern New Jersey Section Convention, that's in 01:35:36.000 --> 01:35:37.001 Mullica Hill, New Jersey. 01:35:38.001 --> 01:35:44.000 A small satellite built by 750 schoolgirls in India will be on board for the 01:35:44.000 --> 01:35:48.000 maiden flight of the Indian Space Research Organization's small 01:35:48.000 --> 01:35:50.000 satellite launch vehicle this month. 01:35:51.000 --> 01:35:55.000 The students were mentored by Space Kids India in the construction of 01:35:55.000 --> 01:35:56.001 this 8-kilogram satellite. 01:35:57.000 --> 01:36:03.001 It carries 75 small experiments, a camera to study solar panels in space, and a 01:36:03.001 --> 01:36:09.000 variety of long-range communications transponder experiments. The satellite also 01:36:09.000 --> 01:36:14.000 has a messaging system for amateur radio operators. Although this is not the 01:36:14.000 --> 01:36:19.000 first student satellite built with the help of Space Kids India, this one is 01:36:19.000 --> 01:36:23.001 different because it carries its own power systems and batteries to power an 01:36:23.001 --> 01:36:29.000 anticipated six-month-long orbit. This satellite is not, of course, the main 01:36:29.000 --> 01:36:34.001 payload for a launch vehicle. The rocket will also be carrying the MicroSat-2A, 01:36:35.000 --> 01:36:40.000 which is designed to assist in the mapping of parcels of land. The launch was 01:36:40.000 --> 01:36:45.001 scheduled for August the 7th. And finally this week, if time feels tighter than 01:36:45.001 --> 01:36:50.000 ever of late, blame it on the revolution. On June 29th this year, Earth racked up 01:36:50.000 --> 01:36:54.001 an unusual record. Its shortest day since the 1960s, when scientists began 01:36:54.001 --> 01:36:58.000 measuring the planet's rotation with high-precision atomic clocks. Broadly 01:36:58.000 --> 01:37:02.001 speaking, Earth completes one full turn on its axis every 24 hours. That single 01:37:02.001 --> 01:37:06.001 spin marks out a day and drives the cycle of sunrise and sunset that has shaped 01:37:06.001 --> 01:37:11.001 patterns of life for billions of years. But the curtains fell early on June 29th, 01:37:11.001 --> 01:37:16.001 with midnight arriving 1.59 milliseconds sooner than expected. The past few years 01:37:16.001 --> 01:37:19.000 have seen a flurry of records fall, with shorter days 01:37:19.000 --> 01:37:20.001 being notched up ever more frequently. 01:37:20.001 --> 01:37:26.000 In 2020, the Earth turned out 28 of the shortest days in the past 50 years, with 01:37:26.000 --> 01:37:32.001 the shortest of those on July 19th, shaving 1. 47 milliseconds off the 86,400 01:37:32.001 --> 01:37:34.001 seconds that make up 24 hours. 01:37:35.000 --> 01:37:39.001 The June 29th record came close to being broken again last month, when July 26 01:37:39.001 --> 01:37:44.000 came in 1.5 milliseconds short. Naturally, this has led many to wonder whether 01:37:44.000 --> 01:37:47.001 the Earth is speeding up and whether they should be alarmed about that fact. If 01:37:47.001 --> 01:37:51.000 you take a long view of the planet's history, you'll see that the planet is 01:37:51.000 --> 01:37:55.001 actually spinning slower than it used to. 1.4 billion years ago, the Earth took 01:37:55.001 --> 01:37:59.001 less than 19 hours to complete a single rotation. So in fact, the Earth is 01:37:59.001 --> 01:38:03.000 actually slowing down little by little, thanks largely to the gravitational 01:38:03.000 --> 01:38:06.001 effect that the Moon has had on our planet. It's true then that the Earth is 01:38:06.001 --> 01:38:10.000 slowing down over the long term, but the picture is less clear when you consider 01:38:10.000 --> 01:38:13.001 a shorter time scale. Everything from shifts in the Earth's crust to its 01:38:13.001 --> 01:38:18.000 atmosphere has an impact on how fast each day is, but those changes are basically 01:38:18.000 --> 01:38:22.000 imperceptible to the average person. Atomic clocks may tell us that the days are 01:38:22.000 --> 01:38:25.001 getting shorter, but we can't really feel those changes ourselves. Although 01:38:25.001 --> 01:38:29.000 scientists may still be reckoning with the exact reasons why the Earth seems to 01:38:29.000 --> 01:38:32.001 be spinning faster, they have said that if days keep getting shorter, we may 01:38:32.001 --> 01:38:34.000 need to take a negative leap second. 01:38:34.001 --> 01:38:38.000 Instead of adding a second to the clocks, we'll need to skip a second to keep up 01:38:38.000 --> 01:38:41.001 with the rotation of the Earth. According to the Guardian, this change in the 01:38:41.001 --> 01:38:44.001 clocks could ultimately reignite an old debate that's frequently had among 01:38:44.001 --> 01:38:48.001 scientists about whether we should continue to tell time based on the rotation of 01:38:48.001 --> 01:38:52.000 the Earth. While that's certainly the system we've used thus far, it seems that 01:38:52.000 --> 01:38:55.001 there is a contingent of people who think that we may be able to move past that 01:38:55.001 --> 01:39:00.001 system and try something else moving forward. This week in amateur radio is 01:39:00.001 --> 01:39:05.001 holding open auditions for news anchors for the weekly national worldwide amateur 01:39:05.001 --> 01:39:12.000 radio news service. If you have a good radio voice and can reliably read provided 01:39:12.000 --> 01:39:17.001 news copy, we are looking for you. This of course is an all-volunteer position 01:39:17.001 --> 01:39:23.000 and amateur radio license is not required. You must have a high quality 01:39:23.000 --> 01:39:28.001 microphone, headset mics are not used, and be familiar with audio editing 01:39:28.001 --> 01:39:33.001 software to record and edit your finished news stories before uploading. If you 01:39:33.001 --> 01:39:37.001 would like to try out for a weekly or biweekly anchor position with North 01:39:37.001 --> 01:39:43.000 America's premier amateur radio news on air and podcast, please send an email to 01:39:43.000 --> 01:39:49.001 our producer George W2XBS. You can include a sample mp3 of yourself reading news 01:39:49.001 --> 01:39:56.000 copies sent as an attachment to W2XBS77 at gmail.com. 01:39:56.001 --> 01:40:03.000 That's whiskey the number 2 x-ray bravo sierra 77 at gmail.com. Be sure and 01:40:03.000 --> 01:40:05.001 use anchor audition in the subject line. 01:40:06.001 --> 01:40:10.001 Please include your phone number and a good window of time for a callback to 01:40:10.001 --> 01:40:15.000 discuss your submission and our operating logistics to see if this week in 01:40:15.000 --> 01:40:21.000 amateur radio is a good fit for you. We hope to hear from you soon. Electron 01:40:21.000 --> 01:40:26.000 Benders Amateur Radio Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma airs this week in amateur radio 01:40:26.000 --> 01:40:33.000 every week on Club owned KOKTLP 90.9. Many of the news and information items 01:40:33.000 --> 01:40:37.001 heard on this edition of This Week in Amateur Radio have been provided by the 01:40:37.001 --> 01:40:43.000 American Radio Relay League, the AWRL Audio News Service, and the AWRL Letter, 01:40:43.001 --> 01:40:48.001 the Southgate Amateur News Service, Steve Richards G4 Hotel Papa Echo, and the 01:40:48.001 --> 01:40:55.000 Southgate Vibes News Service. AMSAT, the Radio Amateurs of Canada, the FCC, the 01:40:55.000 --> 01:41:00.000 Radio Society of Great Britain, and Ofcom, the South African Radio League, the 01:41:00.000 --> 01:41:05.000 International Amateur Radio Union, the Wireless Institute of Australia, and the 01:41:05.000 --> 01:41:09.000 Australian Communications and Media Authority, the New Zealand Association of 01:41:09.000 --> 01:41:14.001 Radio Transmitters, the Amateur Radio News Line, the Rain Hamcast, Eric Guth, 01:41:15.000 --> 01:41:21.001 Forzed1UG, and QSO Today, QRZ.com, the Tech Guy, Leo Laporte, the International 01:41:21.001 --> 01:41:27.001 Telecommunications Union, and various news sources on the internet. With special 01:41:27.001 --> 01:41:32.001 thanks to all our weekly news sources and to you, our listeners, that wraps up 01:41:32.001 --> 01:41:37.001 this edition of This Week in Amateur Radio. If you'd like to write to us, you can 01:41:37.001 --> 01:41:42.000 find everything you need, including archive editions of the news service at our 01:41:42.000 --> 01:41:48.001 website at TWIR.net. And now, for all of us at This Week in Amateur Radio 01:41:48.001 --> 01:41:53.001 headquarters, and our news team around the world, this is Chris Parrine, 01:41:53.001 --> 01:41:57.000 KB2FAF, wishing you a 73.